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

Elbadry 2014.

Methods RCT of adjustable TOT vs TOT
Participants 96 women with SUI, with a mean age of 53 + 9.9 years
Interventions Group A: adjustable TOT (n = 48)
Group B: TOT: (n = 48)
Outcomes
  • Cure

  • Mean operative time

  • Operative blood loss

  • bladder injury

  • number of tape ajdustments

  • Length of hospital stay

Notes The advantage of the adjustable tape is that it can be adjusted postoperatively to address over‐ or under‐correction
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "Patients were randomized into 2 equal groups"
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