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

Nasr 2015.

Methods Parallel randomised controlled trial conducted in Women's Health Centre, Assiut University. Egypt
Timing: Not stated
Participants 80 women randomised. Mean age of women in adjusted group was 27.7 ± 2.1 years and in the fixed group was 28.5 ± 1.9 years
Inclusion criteria: Clomiphene‐resistant PCOS
Exclusion criteria: No details
Interventions Adjusted thermal dose based on ovarian volume (n = 40), versus
Fixed thermal dose 600 J per ovary through 4 punctures regardless of size (n = 40)
A third group of normally‐ovulating women acted as controls but are not included in these analyses
Follow‐up for 6 months
Outcomes AMH levels, ovulation, conception (no details), early abortion rates
Notes Conflict of interest: not stated
Clinical trial registration number: not stated
Conference abstract
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No details are provided of method used to generate the random sequence
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details are provided of the method used to conceal allocation to treatment groups
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details provided of blinding of participants or trial personnel
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details provided of blinding of outcome assessors
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk No details provided of levels of attrition
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Only available as a conference abstract, no full publication available
Other bias High risk Conference abstract only