| Methods | RCT. Details not given in abstract. Follow‐up 24 h and 90 ds | |
| Participants | 42 participants were randomised (porcine collagen‐21, polypropylene tapes‐21) Inclusion criteria: stress urinary incontinence |
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| Interventions | A (21) porcine collagen B (21) polypropylene tapes |
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| Outcomes | No outcome measure relevant to this review C reactive protein and white blood count measured previous day and at 24 h after surgery Biopsy at 90ds post operation for local inflammatory markers (polymorphonuclear cells, mononuclear cells, giant cells and neovascularisation) and collagen reaction (collagen amount, composition and organisation) |
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| Notes | Trial assessing systemic and local inflammatory response in different sling materials | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No details provided |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "blindly randomised" no details provided |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not mentioned |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | 2 participants with missing outcome data. No detail provided on whether losses were similar in both groups, or from a single arm of the trial |
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