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. 2017 Jul 31;2017(7):CD006375. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006375.pub4

Cervigni 2006.

Methods RCT of TVT versus Monarc TOT
Participants 118 women
Inclusion criteria: women with SUI and POP‐Q ≥ stage 2
Mean age 57.43 years
All women had cystocoele repair and levator myorraphy
73 women were post menopausal
Interventions Group A: TVT
Group B: TOT
(exact numbers in each group not reported)
Outcomes Cure rates: TVT (98.3%), TOT (97.1%) as exact number of women in each group was not given there were no data that could be extracted
Intraoperative and postoperative complications
Notes Numbers in each group unreported. It was, thus, impossible to abstract results
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Women randomised into 2 groups (computer generated randomisation list)
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information