| Methods |
RCT via sealed envelopes |
| Participants |
>60 years of age
Distal CBD stricture
Fit for surgery
Not for curative resection
86% had pancreatic CA |
| Interventions |
7 / 10 Fr endoprosthesis
Bypass surgery |
| Outcomes |
Median Survival
Complications
Treatment Failures
Range of functioning time of endoprosthesis
Median length of hospitalisation
Quality of Life |
| Notes |
N=50 |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
Unclear risk |
"Randomised by means of sealed envelopes" |
| Allocation concealment? |
Low risk |
Sealed envelopes |
| Blinding?
All outcomes |
High risk |
Neither arm |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient reporting of exclusions |
| Free of selective reporting? |
High risk |
Outcomes of interest incompletely reported |
| Free of other bias? |
Low risk |
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