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Abstract
Adenoidectomy is one of the most frequent surgeries done by otolaryngologists. Traditional adenoidectomy by curettage is the most common technique used, but it is associated with many complications such as trauma to the torus and posterior pharyngeal wall, increased amount of intraoperative blood loss and residual adenoid tissue. Recently, a movement from curettage adenoidectomy to newer instrumentation such as coblation and microdebrider has taken place.
This is a prospective, three-arm, randomized, comparative surgical trial that was conducted in Alexandria main university hospital. In our study, a group of 60 children, who complained of snoring and nasal obstruction and were diagnosed with adenoid hypertrophy based on an endoscopic and radiological examination, were randomly distributed into three matched groups, underwent either adenoidectomy using curette (n=20), adenoidectomy using microdebrider (n=20) and adenoidectomy using coblation (n=20).