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There is significant variation in the management of the contralateral tonsil without clinical evidence of disease.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To assess the second primary tumor rates, oncologic survival, functional outcomes, and complications between bilateral and unilateral transoral surgery for tonsillar SCCa.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Data Sources<\/jats:title>\n A search of Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, and Cochrane was performed on September 11, 2024.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Study Selection<\/jats:title>\n Inclusion criteria were studies with more than 10 adults undergoing transoral surgery for unilateral tonsillar SCCa reporting at least 1 primary or secondary outcome. Screening of abstracts and full texts along with data extraction were performed in duplicate.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Data Extraction and Synthesis<\/jats:title>\n \n The Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (\n MOOSE<\/jats:ext-link>\n ) reporting guideline was followed. Data were pooled using a random-effects model.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome measure was the synchronous and metachronous contralateral tonsil second primary tumor rates. Secondary outcome measures were between-group differences in oropharyngeal hemorrhage and gastrostomy tube dependence rates and 2-year and 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Of 136 unique citations identified, 11 studies were included, representing a total of 1486 patients (634 bilateral surgery, 852 unilateral surgery). The synchronous contralateral tonsil second primary tumor rate in the bilateral surgery group was 4.0% (95% CI, 2.0%-5.0%;\n I<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.05%). The metachronous contralateral tonsil second primary tumor rate in the unilateral surgery group was 0.1% (95% CI, 0%-1%;\n I<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u2009=\u20090.04%). There were no between-group differences in oropharyngeal bleeding rate (\u22120.2% [95% CI, \u22125.6% to 5.3%]) or gastrostomy tube dependence rate (\u22120.5% [95% CI, \u22125.2% to 4.3%]). The 2-year and 5-year pooled OS proportion differences between the bilateral surgery and unilateral surgery groups were 3.6% (95% CI, \u22122.2% to 9.4%) and 5.3% (95% CI, \u22123.8% to 14.4%), respectively. The 2-year and 5-year pooled DFS proportion differences between the bilateral surgery and unilateral surgery groups were \u22120.5% (95% CI, \u22126.5% to 5.4%) and 11.1% (95% CI, 1.6%-20.5%), respectively.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that omission of contralateral elective extracapsular tonsillectomy in tonsillar SCCa is safe with markedly low metachronous contralateral tonsillar second primary tumor rates and no compromise in survival. 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