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. 2019 Apr 19;2019(4):CD011875. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011875.pub2

Sayyad 1995.

Methods Study design: parallel group, randomized controlled trial
Number randomized: 64 eyes (number of participants not reported)
Exclusions after randomization: none reported
Number analyzed: 64 eyes
Unit of analysis: not reported
Handling of missing data: none reported
Sample size calculation: not reported
Participants Country: Saudi Arabia
Mean age: not reported
Gender: not reported
Inclusion criteria: complicated glaucoma
Exclusion criteria: not reported
Equivalence of baseline characteristics: not reported
Diagnoses in participants: complicated glaucoma
Interventions MMC group (n not reported): single‐plate Molteno implant with MMC and trabeculectomy
No MMC group (n not reported): single‐plate Molteno implant only
In all participants in both groups the Molteno tube was ligated temporarily
Outcomes Outcomes (primary and secondary outcomes not differentiated): mean IOP
Length of follow‐up: postoperative day 14, months 3, and 12
Notes Study period: not reported
Trial registration: not reported
Funding and conflicts of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of sequence generation not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Allocation concealment not reported
Masking of participants and personnel (performance bias) Unclear risk Masking of participants and personnel not reported
Masking of outcome assessment (detection bias) Unclear risk Masking of outcome assessors not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Missing data not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk No full‐length paper published more than 20 years after presenting the trial at a conference
Other bias Low risk None identified

BSS: balanced salt solution
 IOP: intraocular pressure
 mg/mL: milligrams per milliliter
 MMC: mitomycin C
 mmHg: millimeter of mercury