Lee 1986.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | 50 women undergoing laser vaporization | |
Interventions | Citanest (prilocaine with octapressin) No analgesia/ vasoconstrictor | |
Outcomes | Subjective grading of perioperative bleeding by operator | |
Notes | 25 women randomised to Citanest 25 women randomised to no analgesia/ vasoconstrictor All patients were menopausal and aged between 19 and 39 years |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported, merely states, "study was a randomised comparison of two groups of 25 patients each ...". |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | For troublesome bleeding: % analysed: 50/50 (100%) |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to assess whether an important risk of bias exists |