Dissection versus diathermy for tonsillectomy

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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Haemorrhage, Outcome 1 Intraoperative blood loss (ml).

Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Haemorrhage, Outcome 2 Secondary haemorrhage.

Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Analgesic requirement, Outcome 1 Analgesic doses first 24 hours.

Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2 Analgesic requirement, Outcome 2 Analgesic doses over 12 days.

Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Activity level and diet, Outcome 1 Days to normal activity.

Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Activity level and diet, Outcome 2 Days to normal diet.

Comparison 1. Haemorrhage

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Intraoperative blood loss (ml) Show forest plot	2	250	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐21.56 [‐27.26, ‐15.85]

2 Secondary haemorrhage Show forest plot	2	250	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.56 [0.19, 1.63]

Comparison 1. Haemorrhage

Comparison 2. Analgesic requirement

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Analgesic doses first 24 hours Show forest plot	1	50	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐0.60 [‐1.36, 0.16]

2 Analgesic doses over 12 days Show forest plot	1	47	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	7.50 [1.05, 13.95]

Comparison 2. Analgesic requirement

Comparison 3. Activity level and diet

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Days to normal activity Show forest plot			Other data	No numeric data

2 Days to normal diet Show forest plot			Other data	No numeric data

Comparison 3. Activity level and diet