title: Post-tonsillectomy dietary advice: systematic review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if there is evidence that post-tonsillectomy dietary advice affects post-operative morbidity.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review was conducted of Embase, Medline, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and PsycInfo, to November 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen articles were included; their heterogeneous nature prevented meta-analysis. Of these, all three small, randomised studies showed no statistical difference in morbidity between restricted and non-restricted diets.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most post-tonsillectomy dietary advice is based on historical anecdotes and not rigorous scientific testing. The existing small-scale, randomised studies show no statistical difference in morbidity between non-restricted and restricted diets.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology,Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,Norwich,UK.
authors: A J F
authors: AJ
authors: Millington
authors: Department of Otolaryngology,Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,Norwich,UK.
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Gaunt
authors: Department of Otolaryngology,Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital,Norwich,UK.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Phillips
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D014068:Tonsillectomy
keywords: Diet; Ice Cream; Postoperative Complications; Tonsillectomy