Lactobacillus brevis KABP-052 and Reduced Post-Tonsillectomy Bleeding

• Can probiotic gargles reduce post-tonsillectomy morbidity in adult patients? A pilot, triple-blind, randomised, controlled trial and feasibility study.

  • 2022-03-23
  • RCT
  • The Journal of laryngology and otology 137(3)
  • • M V Nasserallah
    • N M de Silva
    • V Tobin
    • W M Rozen
    • D J Hunter-Smith

  • PubMed: 35317870
  • DOI: 10.1017/s0022215122000743

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Post-Tonsillectomy Bleeding

  • High evidence

  This pilot study suggested that probiotic gargles do not reduce post-tonsillectomy pain or bleeding.

  • Neutral
  • Small effect