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The narrowest intertonsillar distance (ITD) and widest transverse length of the tongue base (TLTB) were then measured by US, and their ratio was calculated. The clinical value of US was investigated for the classification of tonsillar hypertrophies as nonobstructive or obstructive by matching the patients\u2019 clinical grades with the US data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 102 patients (age range, 2\u201312\u2009years) were included in the study. According to the Brodsky staging system, 44.1% and 55.9% of the patients were in nonobstructive (stages I and II) and obstructive (stages III and IV) tonsillar hypertrophy groups, respectively. The area under the curve was 0.991 (95% confidence interval, 0.977\u20130.999) according to a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis between the Brodsky staging and the ITD\/TLTB ratio. The optimal cutoff value for the ITD\/TLTB ratio for the diagnosis of obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy was found to be 0.3 or less, which had 96.5% sensitivity and 95.6% specificity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The degree of airway obstruction due to tonsillar hypertrophy can be objectively determined by US in children. An ITD\/TLTB ratio of 0.3 or less was found to be compatible with obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy. 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