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. 2017 Nov 15;2017(11):CD000547. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000547.pub2

Hudecek 2012.

Methods Parallel group single centre RCT.
Number of women randomised: 212.
Number of women analysed: not clear, assumed it was 212.
Number of withdrawals: not reported.
Power calculation for sample size not reported.
Source of funding: not reported.
Participants Participants recruited from Gynecological and Obstetric Clinic of Medical Facility of Masaryk University and the University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic.
Inclusion criteria: reproductive aged females with uterine symptomatic myomatosis.
Exclusion criteria: not reported.
Interventions Rx: Goserelin acetate 3.6 mg SC 3 times once every 4 weeks, N = 120.
Control: No pretreatment before surgery, N = 92.
42.5% of participants had laparoscopic myomectomy and 57.5% of participants had open laparotomic myomectomy.
Outcomes Perioperative blood loss.
Duration of surgery.
Length of hospital stay.
Perioperative and postoperative complications.
Notes Translated from Czech by Petr Tomek, Auckland University.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of randomisation not reported.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported but stated as ITT.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All prespecified outcomes reported. SLL outcomes not reported as these were not measured in this review.
Other bias Unclear risk Czech and English abstracts of the article report different numbers of women treated with open myomectomy (78 vs. 44 respectively).