Incidence of reflux in young children undergoing adenoidectomy.

Objective: To compare the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children under 2 years of age who have symptomatic adenoid hypertrophy requiring surgical removal or who have otitis media with effusion requiring ventilation tube insertion without adenoidectomy.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: An academic pediatric otolaryngology unit.