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. 2020 Feb 11;2020(2):CD001122. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001122.pub5

Ghafarnegad 2010.

Methods Randomised trial conducted in Iran
Timing: not stated
Participants 100 infertile, clomiphene‐resistant women with PCOS
Interventions Gonadotrophin (n = 50), versus
Laparoscopic ovarian electrocautery (n = 50)
Follow‐up for 4 months
Outcomes Pregnancy, live birth
Notes Conflict of interest: not stated
Clinical trial registration number: not stated
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Quote: "randomised". Awaiting further details in translation but numbers are equal in both groups so probably satisfactory
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk All women accounted for at trial end and intention‐to‐treat data reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk We could not retrieve the original protocol
Other bias High risk Only abstract available