“…Twenty‐two trials evaluating the role of intraoperative and/or postoperative antibiotics in reducing morbidity following tonsillectomy were identified by the systematic search. The following were excluded from the review: 4 uncontrolled 12–15 and 3 nonrandomized controlled 16–18 trials, 3 trials examining topical antibiotics, 19–21 and 2 trials with inappropriate control groups (1 compared antibiotic vs another antibiotic, 22 1 compared systemic vs topical antibiotic 23 ). Also excluded were 4 randomized controlled, non‐blinded trials 4,24–26 .…”