The Danish physician Wilhelm Meyer (1824-1895) was the first to describe the clinical condition of nasal obstruction (blocked nose) with chronic mouth breathing, snoring, dull facial expression, and hearing impairment due to adenoid hypertrophy

Adenoid hypertrophy

Adenoid hypertrophy is the unusual growth of the adenoid tonsil. Firstly described and adenoidectomy performed by the Danish physician Wilhelm Meyer in Copenhagen in 1868. He described that a long term adenoid hypertrophy will cause a nasal obstruction airways...

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Likewise he suggested how to treat the condition surgically by removing the adenoids with an adenotome

Adenoidectomy

Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids. They may be removed for several reasons, including impaired breathing through the nose and chronic infections or earaches. The surgery is less common for adults. It is most often done on an outpatient basis under general anesthesia....

. Adenoidectomy

Adenoidectomy

Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids. They may be removed for several reasons, including impaired breathing through the nose and chronic infections or earaches. The surgery is less common for adults. It is most often done on an outpatient basis under general anesthesia....

is still one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in children.