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Nasal obstruction and mouth breathing: the ENT’s point of view Volume 84, issue 2, Juin 2013

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* Auteur pour correspondance : nicolas.leboulanger@trs.aphp.fr

Obstructive diseases of children’s upper airways are frequent, mostly caused by tonsils and adenoids hypertrophy. A nasal septum deviation or a lower turbinate hypertrophy may also cause a significant obstruction. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy must be performed in case of clinical obstruction, sometimes documented by a sleep study. A tonsils’ hypertrophy without significant obstruction and clinical symptoms is not an indication of adenotonsillectomy, even in case of snoring or if an orthodontic treatment is planned.