Purpose

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.

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 3 Years and 12 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients 3-12 years undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
Double (Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Other
Standard soft diet
  • Other: Diet modification
    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.
Other
Non-restricted diet
  • Other: Diet modification
    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.

Recruiting Locations

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
Contact:
Earl Harley, MD
202-444-8186
harleye@georgetown.edu

More Details

Status
Unknown status
Sponsor
Georgetown University

Study Contact

Kelly Scriven, MD
202-444-8186
kelly.a.scriven@gmail.com

Detailed Description

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.

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