| Methods |
RCT, unblinded. |
| Participants |
Sex and age not reported. 59 participants. Unclear whether new or recurrence presentation. |
| Interventions |
Open Healing (open and marsupialisation) vs. midline closure (primary closure). |
| Outcomes |
Healing time, pain, LOS, healing rate. |
| Notes |
No follow up details. Abstract only. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
Unclear risk |
Quote: "Patients were randomly assigned". |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
Not reported. |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
No information on exclusions, attrition, and missing data. |
| Free of selective reporting? |
Low risk |
|
| Free of other bias? |
Unclear risk |
Limited information because restricted to oral abstract. |
