TABLE 1.

GRADE evidence profile for randomized controlled trial.

Study	Surgical intervention	Risk of bias	Principal objective was compared in study	Inconsistency	Indirectness	Imprecision	Publication bias	Summary of findings		Results	Quality
								AB	Control
Christoffersden et al. [12]	Post parietal repair	Not serious	Pain/seroma	Not serious	Not serious	Serious	Not serious	28	28	No clinical effect	Moderate
Ortiz et al. [13]	Post parietal surgery	Very serious	Post operative complication (included post operative hernia)	Serious	Serious	Serious	Not serious	21	19	No clinical effect	Very low
Paasch et al. [14]	Post parietal surgery	Not serious	Utility of AB	Not serious	Not serious	Serious	Not serious	18	19	IC95 [1; 35] p = 0.042	Moderate
Clay et al. [15]	Post colorectal surgery	Serious	Respiratory function	Serious	Serious	Serious	Not serious	23	25	No clinical effect	Very low
Karaca et al. [16]	Post cesarien	Serious	Post operative physical function	Not serious	Not serious	Not serious	Not serious	45	44	p = 0.001	Moderate
Ghana et al. [17]	Post cesarien	Serious	Post operative abdominal pain	Serious	Serious	Serious	Not serious	89	89	p < 0.001	Very low
Cheifetz et al. [18]	Post abdominal surgery	Very serious	Post operative physical function	Very serious	Very serious	Very serious	Not serious	30	30	p < 0.001	Very low

AB, abdominal binder.