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

Nasr 2013.

Methods Parallel randomised controlled trial in university‐affiliated tertiary centre, Egypt
Timing: Not stated
Participants 80 women randomised
Mean age of unilateral drilling group was 28.4 ± 2.2 years and in bilateral group was 29.2 ± 1.9 years
Inclusion criteria: Clomiphene‐resistant PCOS
Exclusion criteria: No details
Interventions Unilateral drilling (n = 40), versus
Bilateral drilling (n = 40)
40 normally‐ovulating women were included as controls but not included in this review and were not randomised
Follow‐up for 6 months
Outcomes Serum anti‐Mullerian hormone at 6 months follow‐up
Notes Conflict of interest: not stated
Clinical trial registration number: not stated
Conference abstract only
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote: "randomized"
Comment: no other details
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 Unclear risk 80 women randomised but not clear if all women were analysed at 6 months
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Conference abstract that only reported on anti‐Mullerian hormone, which was not a prespecified outcome for this review
Other bias High risk States that groups were balanced at baseline but conference abstract only. No tables or P values identified