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. 2012 Mar 14;2012(3):CD004084. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004084.pub3

Wang 2006.

Methods Allocation: Randomized, drawing of lots.
Blinding: No further details.
Duration (mean (SD), d): Subclavian group 41.1 (19.8), Internal jugular 36.9 (17.8).
Participants Diagnosis: Cancer patients who needed central venous catheterization.
N=200.
Age (mean (SD), y): Subclavian group 58.3 (17.6), Internal jugular 54.5 (19.0).
Sex: F111, M89.
Setting: The People's Hospital of Xingtai, Hebei, China.
Interventions Subclavian site insertion (n=100).
Internal jugular site insertion (n=100).
Outcomes Catheter‐related infectious complications: Exit site infection.
Mechanical complications.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Drawing of lots.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No description.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No description.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No description.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Those leaving the study early were not included in analyses, only reported completed trial patients.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk No results for haematoma, air embolism, and phlebitis, which were described in the method section.
Other bias Unclear risk No description.