Tonsil surgery for children suffering from obstructive sleep apnea have significant post operative morbidity including pain and occasionally bleeding. This morbidity is partly caused by post surgical inflammation. This inflammatory process can be quantified using various proinflammatory cytokines. the goal of this study is to objectively compare the inflammatory process after treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with different surgical approaches to the enlarged tonsils.
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Difference between the three arms regarding serum IL1 beta, TNF alpha, IL2, IL6.
Timeframe: 12 months