Disease‐specific quality of life · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Peri‐operative blood loss (Volume measured in mL) · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative complications requiring medical intervention (with or without hospitalisation) · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
Tonsillectomy probably leads to higher postoperative complications requiring medical intervention (with or… compared with tonsillotomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Reduction in pain intensity · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Return to normal activity · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence of oSDB as a result of tonsil regrowth · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
It is very uncertain whether tonsillectomy changes recurrence of oSDB as a result of tonsil regrowth compared with tonsillotomy (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Reoperation rate · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
It is very uncertain whether tonsillectomy changes reoperation rates compared with tonsillotomy (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Episodes of sore throat of any severity Including as 1 episode the period post‐surgery) · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
Episodes of moderate/severe sore throat(subgroup of severely affected patients) Including as 1 episode the period post‐surgery) · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
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
1 finding from 1 review
Sore throat · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
Time off school or work · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
Complications ‐ results not pooled · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
1 participants
Low
All‐cause mortality ‐ not reported · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Quality of life ‐ results not pooled · Children with chronic/recurrent acute tonsillitis
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Adverse events, complications and morbidity associated with (adeno)tonsillectomy and comparators Expressed as the proportion of children experiencing adverse events [12 months] · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Adverse events, complications and morbidity associated with (adeno)tonsillectomy and comparators Expressed as the proportion of children experiencing a serious adverse event [7 months] · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Adverse events, complications and morbidity associated with (adeno)tonsillectomy and comparators [6 months] · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review
Pain postoperative day 1 № of participants: 538 (6 studies) · patients requiring tonsillectomy (any diagnosis)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Pain postoperative day 3 № of participants: 401 (5 studies) · patients requiring tonsillectomy (any diagnosis)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low