The article (1) entitled “Effect of adenoid hypertrophy on the upper airway and craniomaxillofacial region” (Transl Pediatr 2021;10:2563-72. doi: 10.21037/tp-21-437) unfortunately contained a mistake regarding where the cases were from.
The Beijing Stomatological Hospital of Capital Medical University is where the first author Hongwei Wang studied for PhD, and the Eye Hospital of Hebei is where the author Hongwei Wang works at present and collected cases of this project. Therefore, the project was approved by the Ethics Committees of the Eye Hospital of Hebei (No. 2020KY020). Because the cases were collected from the Eye Hospital of Hebei, and after in-depth communication by the authors, related statements should be corrected and the statement “This experiment was carried out with permission from the Ethics Committee of the Eye Hospital of Hebei (No. 2020KY020)” should be added in the article.
The corrected information is presented as below:
Abstract section
From June 2019 to December 2020 in Department of Otolaryngology and Orthodontics, Eye Hospital of Hebei, 38 children with AH [research group (RG)] and 35 children [control group (CG)] who underwent orthodontic treatment over the same time span were selected as the research objects. X-ray examination of the lateral position of the head, observation of the maxillofacial structure, and detection of the children’s height, growth factors, and sleep status, and analysis of the differences between the two groups.
Methods section
Research participants
In total, 73 children who were admitted to the Department of Otolaryngology and Orthodontics, Eye Hospital of Hebei between Jun 2019 and December 2020 were enrolled in the study. Thirty-eight of these children had AH and were included in our research group (RG), while 35 underwent orthodontic treatment and were included in the control group (CG). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). This experiment was carried out with permission from the Ethics Committee of Eye Hospital of Hebei (No. 2020KY020), and informed consent forms were signed by the guardians of all enrolled children.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Children were included in the RG if their AH was confirmed by examination in Department of Otolaryngology and Orthodontics, Eye Hospital of Hebei, were between 4 and 12 years old, snored or engaged in open mouth breathing, and their detailed case data were available.
Discussion section
However, the cone beam CT has not been extensively adopted in Department of Otolaryngology and Orthodontics, Eye Hospital of Hebei.
Footnote
Ethical Statement: The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). This experiment was carried out with permission from the Ethics Committee of Eye Hospital of Hebei (No. 2020KY020), and informed consent forms were signed by the guardians of all enrolled children.
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References
- 1.Wang H, Qiao X, Qi S, et al. Effect of adenoid hypertrophy on the upper airway and craniomaxillofacial region. Transl Pediatr 2021;10:2563-72. 10.21037/tp-21-437 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]