Palatine Tonsil Stenting of the Airway as Determined by Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy

Table 1

Characteristics of pediatric patients with worsened obstructive sleep apnea after tonsillectomy.

Patient (age/sex)	Comorbidities	Pre-DISE AHI	Procedures between polysomnogram	Recent AHI	Tonsil size (Brodsky scale)
7M^†	ADHD, traumatic brain injury	1.7	Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; epiglottopexy; lingual tonsillectomy	4.5	3
7M	ADHD, fragile X	5.2	Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy	9.4	3
7F	ADHD, Down’s syndrome	4.9	Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; turbinate reduction	8.1	2

DISE, drug-induced sleep endoscopy; AHI, apnea-hypopnea index; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ^†This individual was the first patient noted to have had tonsillar splinting after review of sleep endoscopy posttonsillectomy.