| Methods |
Randomisation by sealed, opaque envelopes |
| Participants |
60 women at the Johns Hopkins Gynecologic Clinic, USA requesting tubal sterilisation |
| Interventions |
Minilaparotomy and Pomeroy tubal ligation versus one incision laparoscopy and 3 burn modification of Wheeless and Thompson. |
| Outcomes |
Major morbidity, operation times, |
| Notes |
Minilaparotomy: after 3 unsuccessful attempts with local anaesthesia among the first 6 women, all patients received general anesthesia. Codeine was prescribed routinely for these patients shortly after study begin
Laparoscoopy: all but 4 patients received local anesthesia |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Low risk |
A ‐ Adequate |
