| 1. | Surgical removal of the adenoids is a procedure called adenoidectomy.
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| 2. | In the early 1900s, adenoidectomies began to be routinely combined with tonsillectomy.
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| 3. | Adenoidectomy is still one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in children.
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| 4. | These two factors make it difficult to distinguish the benefits of adenoidectomy from age-related spontaneous improvement.
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| 5. | Adenoidectomy might have helped to resolve ear fluid problems, speech delays, and consequent perceptions of low intelligence.
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| 6. | Combined tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy had a profound detrimental effect on the local IgA response in the nasopharyngeal fluid against poliovirus.
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| 7. | The relationship between enuresis and obstructive apnea, and the benefit of adenoidectomy by implication, is complex and controversial.
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| 8. | This included approximately 60, 000 tonsillectomies, 250, 000 combined tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies, and 125, 000 adenoidectomies.
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| 9. | This included approximately 60, 000 tonsillectomies, 250, 000 combined tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies, and 125, 000 adenoidectomies.
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| 10. | A larger decline for combined tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy was noted-from 2.20 per thousand to 1.46.
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