Question · asked by 1 review
Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy vs no surgery: Complications ‐ results not pooled
- Population
- Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
- Intervention
- Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy
- Comparison
- no surgery
- Outcome
- Complications ‐ results not pooled
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy vs no surgery Complications ‐ results not pooled · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.