Division of Otolaryngology, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2411 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Genes (Basel). 2022 Nov 23;13(12):2187. doi: 10.3390/genes13122187.
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed in children, however there are currently no published studies evaluating tonsillectomy in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). With this study, our goal was to investigate the indications, efficacy, and complications of tonsillectomy in a pediatric cohort of patients with 22q11DS. This is a retrospective chart review of patients in our 22q Center's repository. Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of 22q11DS and a history of tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy. Data collected included: indications for tonsillectomy, preoperative and postoperative polysomnography (PSG) results, and surgical complications. In total, 33 patients were included. Most common indications for tonsillectomy were facilitation with speech surgery ( = 21) and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)/obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) ( = 16). Average length of stay was 1.15 days. Most patients (69%) had some degree of persistent OSA on postoperative PSG. Complications occurred in 18% of patients and included respiratory distress, hemorrhage, and hypocalcemia. This study demonstrates tonsillectomy was a commonly performed procedure in this cohort of patients with 22q11DS. These data highlight the potential need for close postoperative calcium and respiratory monitoring. The data were limited with respect to PSG outcomes, and future studies are needed to better characterize OSA outcomes and complications in this patient population.
扁桃体切除术是儿童最常见的手术之一,但目前尚无评估 22q11.2 缺失综合征(22q11DS)儿童扁桃体切除术的发表研究。通过这项研究,我们的目标是调查患有 22q11DS 的儿科患者扁桃体切除术的适应证、疗效和并发症。这是对我们的 22q 中心存储库中患者的回顾性图表审查。纳入标准为 22q11DS 的诊断和扁桃体切除术或腺样体切除术的病史。收集的数据包括:扁桃体切除术的适应证、术前和术后多导睡眠图(PSG)结果以及手术并发症。共有 33 名患者被纳入研究。扁桃体切除术最常见的适应证是为了辅助言语手术(=21)和睡眠呼吸障碍(SDB)/阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停(OSA)(=16)。平均住院时间为 1.15 天。大多数患者(69%)在术后 PSG 上仍存在不同程度的持续性 OSA。18%的患者发生了并发症,包括呼吸困难、出血和低钙血症。本研究表明,扁桃体切除术是该 22q11DS 队列患者中常见的手术。这些数据强调了术后密切监测钙和呼吸的潜在需求。PSG 结果数据有限,需要进一步研究以更好地描述该患者人群的 OSA 结果和并发症。