| Methods |
RCT, unblinded. |
| Participants |
110 participants. Age & sex details not reported. Unclear whether recurrence or new presentation. |
| Interventions |
Open healing (obeid excision and semi‐open packing) vs. midline closure (excision and primary midline closure). |
| Outcomes |
SSI, recurrence, RTW, LOS. |
| Notes |
Follow up of 83% at mean of 23 months. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
Unclear risk |
Quote: "..were randomly assigned" |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
Not reported. |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
No information on exclusions, attrition or missing data. |
| Free of selective reporting? |
Low risk |
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| Free of other bias? |
Low risk |
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