Having increased several times, they block air access and the child is forced to breathe through the mouth, which has numerous negative consequences. Still some ten years ago to get rid of the problem, surgical operations were carried out , which caused horror in young patients and their parents. But this did not guarantee that the adenoids would not disturb the child any more, because sometimes they would expand again if they were not completely removed.
But today, most clinics are treating laser adenoids in children. This light beam replaces surgical intervention and is a bloodless method. The undoubted advantage of this manipulation is its painlessness, in contrast to a full-fledged surgical intervention.
Various devices with different principle of influence on tissues are applied. Such an operation is prescribed for children from an early age, although general anesthesia can be used to carry it out to ensure the patient's immobility during it.
Cauterization of adenoids by laser
Laser treatment is indicated in adenoids of 2-3 degrees. At the initial stage of the disease use the method of vaporization - i.e. Using a jet of hot steam, small tonsils are cauterized. This device is called a carbon dioxide laser.
In order to remove large tonsils that interfere with normal breathing and do not lend themselves to conservative treatment, such an operation on the adenoids with a laser as coagulation is used. Due to the directional action of the beam, the inflamed area is ignited and does not affect the entire surface.
In particularly difficult cases, when the pharyngeal tonsil completely blocked the nasal passages, the doctor can offer two types of removal alternately. First, surgically, under general anesthesia, remove the adenoid tissue, and then the remnants are cauterized with a laser - they make coagulation.
Sometimes, when a disease is started, not one, but several laser treatments are prescribed for adenoids in children. In general, the operation is well tolerated, but the main problem is to persuade the child to sit without moving for ten minutes.