Effect of Local Anesthetic Injections on Subjective Pain Scales in Pediatric Tonsillectomies: A Meta-analysis.

Objective: To assess the effect of local anesthetic injection on subjective pain scores for pediatric tonsillectomies on postoperative days (PODs) 0 and 1.

Data Sources: A comprehensive literature search was conducted with the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus databases.

Review Methods: A 2-researcher team following the PRISMA guidelines performed a systematic review and meta-analysis.