This research is being done because it is not known which dietary recommendations are best to help patients recover after a tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. The purpose of this study is to determine how diet after tonsil/adenoid surgery affects bleeding, pain, and oral intake.
Currently it is not known which dietary recommendations are best to help patients recover after a tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. Traditional standard of care is to recommend that patients be restricted to a soft diet post-operatively. However, the investigators believe that there may be benefit in allowing patients to eat a restriction-free diet. In this study, the investigators will compare the current standard of care verse a non-restricted diet. The purpose of this study is to determine how diet after tonsil/adenoid surgery affects bleeding, pain, and oral intake.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
86
Patients will be randomized to follow the standard post-tonsillectomy diet at our institution, which consists of soft foods for ten days, or will be in the non-restricted diet group following surgery.
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
RECRUITINGBleeding
Blood tinged sputum or hemoptysis reported by patient or patient caregiver to on call resident or at post operative appointment; blood clot or bleeding from tonsil bed observed objectively on physical examination.
Time frame: From time of surgery through postoperative day 10.
Pain
Patient or patient caregiver report of pain at each post operative day using a validated Wong Baker FACES pain scale.
Time frame: From time of surgery through postoperative day 10.
Days missed from normal activity
Patient or patient care giver reported number of days spent absent from normal activity as noted at post operative visit.
Time frame: From time of surgery through postoperative day 10.
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