| Methods |
RCT by computer generated numbers |
| Participants |
Malignant biliary obstruction
Inoperable
Life‐expectancy at least 3 months
41 had pancreatic cancer |
| Interventions |
Hanaro uncovered SEMS
OR
Luminex
uncovered SEMS |
| Outcomes |
Technical success
Complications
Stent occlusion
Mortality
Median survival
Median patency |
| Notes |
N=89 |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
Low risk |
Computer‐generated random numbers |
| Allocation concealment? |
Low risk |
Sealed envelopes |
| Blinding?
All outcomes |
High risk |
|
| Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes |
Low risk |
All patients described |
| Free of selective reporting? |
Low risk |
All outcomes reported |
| Free of other bias? |
Low risk |
|
