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. 2019 May 31;2019(5):CD004680. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004680.pub3

Akcicek 1995.

Methods
  • Study design: parallel RCT

  • Study time frame/recruitment period: not reported

  • Follow‐up period: not reported

Participants
  • Country: Turkey

  • Setting: single centre

  • Patients undergoing PD catheter insertion

  • Number: treatment group (10); control group (12)

  • Mean age ± SD (years): treatment group (45.6 ± 12.8); control group (48.7 ± 12.5)

  • Sex (M/F): not reported

  • Diabetes: not reported

  • Exclusion criteria: not reported

Interventions Treatment group
  • Laparoscopic Moncrief‐Popovich technique


Control group
  • Blind Trocar technique

Outcomes
  • Exit‐site infection

  • Peritonitis

  • Catheter tip migration

Notes
  • Abstract‐only publication

  • Funding source: not reported

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Not all the outcomes were reported
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement