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. 2023 May 20;15(5):e39275. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39275

Table 4. Authors' assessment of risk bias.

(-) high risk of bias; (?) unclear risk of bias; (+) low risk of bias

  Sequence generation (random) Concealment of allocation Participants blinded Outcome of blinding Outcome data incomplete Selective reporting
Moyes et al  [7] - - - - - ?
El Shazly et al [8] - - - - - -
Alter et al [9] - - - - + +
Mubarak et al [10] - - - - ? -
Cohen et al [11] - - - - + +
Gonzalez et al [12] - - - - + +
Mitchell et al [13] - - - - ? -
Swiontkowski et al [14] - - - - + ?
Ignis et al [16] - - - - - -
Andreason et al [3] - - - - + -
Chambers et al [15] - - - - + ?