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Impact of Tonsillectomy on Obesity in Pediatric Patients With Sleep-Disordered Breathing

OBJECTIVE: Both tonsillar hypertrophy and obesity contribute to pediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Tonsillectomy addresses anatomical obstruction causing SDB; however, it may adversely affect the obesity profile postoperatively. Herein, we investigate posttonsillectomy body mass index (BMI)...

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Autores principales: Voora, Rohith S., Carvalho, Daniela, Jiang, Wen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8637722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34870061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473974X211059105

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