5. Reporting of medium‐term pain (2 to 3 days).

Study	Scale used*	Person Reporting	Data Reported	Meta‐analysis?	Results
Chang 2005	Wong‐Baker FACES 10‐point VAS	Child	Mean and SD graphically	N	Pain scores lower in tonsillotomy group (mean 1.9, SD 2) than tonsillectomy (mean 4.3, SD 2.5), P < 0.005
		Parent		Y	See Analysis 1.22
Ericsson 2009	5‐point VAS	Parent	Median and IQR graphically (data not normally distributed)	N	The median pain score was lower in children who had undergone tonsillotomy compared to tonsillectomy; 2 (IQR 1 to 2) versus 3 (IQR 2 to 3), P < 0.0001
Li 2013	5‐point VAS	Parent	Mean and SD	Y	See Analysis 1.22
Park 2007	Wong Baker FACES 10‐point VAS	Parent	Mean and SD graphically	Y	See Analysis 1.22
Skoulakis 2007	10‐point VAS	Parent	Mean graphically	N	"on average, the pain scores were significantly lower (about 50%) for the tonsillotomy group than for the tonsillectomy group (P < 0.01)"

IQR: interquartile range
SD: standard deviation
VAS: visual analogue scale