Weight change before and after adenotonsillectomy in children: An analysis based upon pre-surgery body mass category.
Marshall T BeauchampBetsy RegierAnne NzukiRebecca Swinburne RomineBrooke SweeneyMei LiuAnn M DavisPublished in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2020)
Improvement in weight status is seen after surgery: increased BMI for those underweight and decreased BMI for those with overweight/obesity. We advocate for behavioural strategies as a first-line treatment in children with underweight or overweight/obesity, and results suggest that coordinating these efforts alongside adenotonsillectomy/tonsillectomy when indicated for medical reasons may be warranted. However, further research is needed to confirm these findings due to the observational nature of this study.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- weight loss
- body mass index
- obstructive sleep apnea
- young adults
- physical activity
- healthcare
- minimally invasive
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- coronary artery bypass
- quality improvement
- high fat diet induced
- cross sectional
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- surgical site infection