6 year old child with recurrent URTI with mouth breathing and failure to grow with high marked palate and impaired hearing is :
Ans. is 'd' i.e. Adenoidectomy with grommet insertion insertion Hearing impairment and the option of myringotomy and grommet insertion suggests that the patient is also suffering from Serous otitis media (glue ear/secreting otitis media) which is one of the complication of adenoid hyperplasia. Treatment of glue ear requires myringotomy and grommet insertion.
Tonsillectomy
Grommet insertion
Myringotomy with grommet insertion
Adenoidectomy with grommet insertion
Operative Surgery