AU - Javadi, M TI - Value of Routine Histopathology in Adenotonsilectomy PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - RJMS JN - RJMS VO - 13 VI - 53 IP - 53 4099 - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-647-en.html 4100 - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-647-en.pdf SO - RJMS 53 AB  -     Background & Aim: Tonsillectomy is the most common head and neck surgery in Iran. Considering that any operation involves three specimens and this can cause a considerable waste of time and cost, we intended to conduct a survey. The aim of designing and performing this research was to evaluate the value of histopathology done on all obtained specimens of adenotonsilectomy. Patients & Method: This retrospective study included 313 patients who had undergone adenotonsilectomy in Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital between 2000 and 2003. Fisher test was applied to analyze the information. Results: The age of the subjects ranged from 1 to 78 with an average age of 10.8. Only 3 cases(0.9%) who were above 50 years old yielded positive results. Considering p CP - IRAN IN - Assistant Professor of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery. Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital. Niayesh St., Sattarkhan Ave., Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services. Tehran, Iran. LG - eng PB - RJMS PG - 53 PT - Research YR - 2007