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. 2017 Jul 26;2017(7):CD008709. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008709.pub3

Friedman 2009 SEC.

Methods Prospective, single‐centre RCT of TVT‐Secur versus TVT‐O
Participants 84 women with SUI
Patients may have undergone concomitant prolapse surgery
Groups well matched for baseline characteristics.
Interventions TVT‐Secur (Hammock type) (42)
TVT‐O (42)
Outcomes Primary outcomes were intra‐operative complications, peri‐operative morbidity and post‐operative efficacy (at 1 year)
Notes Abstract only
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No description
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No description
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All participant data included in analysis
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No description
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No description