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. 2017 Nov 10;2017(11):CD009526. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009526.pub2

Abdelhafeez 2013.

Methods A randomised controlled trial
Participants 60 women attending the outpatient infertility clinic with a diagnosis of CC‐resistant PCOS at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital, Cairo, Egypt between February 2010 and September 2010
Interventions 30 women underwent unilateral ovarian drilling and 30 underwent bilateral ovarian drilling
Outcomes The primary outcome was documented ovulation through a midluteal serum progesterone > 3 ng/ml 3 months after laparoscopy
 Secondary outcomes included regularity of menstrual cycles and basal levels of serum FSH and LH within 3 months after laparoscopy
No harms reported.
Notes Funding source: Not stated.
 Declarations of interest: Not stated. Email sent requesting further information.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not stated but not possible due to study design
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No attrition
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes reported
Other bias Low risk None detected