Question · asked by 1 review

Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy vs no surgery: Episodes of moderate/severe sore throat(subgroup of moderately affected patients) Not including as 1 episode the period post‐surgery

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy vs no surgery
Episodes of moderate/severe sore throat(subgroup of moderately affected patients) Not including as 1 episode the period post‐surgery · 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 extracted3 studies · 491 participantsModerate

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy versus non‐surgical treatment for chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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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.