Fact Sheets

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder that causes a child to stop breathing momentarily. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Surgeries for Upper Aero-Digestive Tract
Surgeries for upper aero-digestive tract are procedures to treat problems that affect such functions as breathing, speaking, and swallowing. Learn more about these procedures.
Pediatric Tonsillectomy
A pediatric tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a child's tonsils. Learn about this procedure.
Pediatric Sleep Study
A pediatric sleep study is an evaluation that analyzes a child's sleeping habits in the controlled setting of a sleep lab.
Pediatric Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils that causes them to swell, making it hard to swallow and leaving the lymph nodes in the neck sore.
Sinus Infection (Sinusitis or Rhinosinusitis)
When inflammation in the sinuses leads to a sinus infection (or sinusitis), you can feel drained and miserable. Sinusitis become chronic, but help is available.
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition that causes people to periodically stop breathing while they’re asleep. It is associated with many medical problems.
Head and Neck Cancer
Cancers that develop in the throat, larynx, mouth, nose, and sinuses.
Tracheostomy
A tracheostomy is a procedure that makes an opening in the neck in order to place a tube into the windpipe. Learn about this procedure.
Loss of Smell (Anosmia)
Anosmia is a condition that causes a person to partially or completely lose his or her sense of smell. Learn about symptoms and treatment.