The prerequisite treatment modalities varied from decongestive nasal sprays to
adenotomy. The most common conservative treatment was nasal corticosteroids which was reported in three studies [8, 9, 11].
Deaths from tonsillectomy and
adenotomy. Laryngol Rhinol Otol 1998;77:669-72.
The surgical procedures were
adenotomy (n = 57), tonsillectomy (n = 54), otocleisis (n = 7), and correction of various forms of cheilognathouranoschisis (n = 23).