| Methods |
RCT |
| Participants |
60 hands OCTR, 65 hands mini‐open, 128 hands ECTR. CTS was confirmed clinically and with EMG and conduction velocity measurement. No information on participant age or sex |
| Interventions |
ECTR (Chow) vs OCTR vs mini‐open CTR |
| Outcomes |
Complications |
| Notes |
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| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No information given |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No information given |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
No information given. Participants and personnel could not be blinded |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
No information given. Participants and personnel could not be blinded |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
ECTR participants that intraoperatively went to OCTR were excluded from the analysis |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
No information given |
| Other bias |
Unclear risk |
No information given. No information on funding or conflicts of interest |
