| Methods |
RCT, unblinded. |
| Participants |
26 participants. 25 males, 1 female. Mean age not reported, range 17 to 42 years. States that complex recurrence cases excluded. |
| Interventions |
Open healing (wide excision and open wound) vs. off‐midline closure (Karydakis procedure). |
| Outcomes |
Healing time, SSI, recurrence, RTW, other complications, operative time. |
| Notes |
Mean follow‐up 14 months. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
Unclear risk |
Participants were "randomized". |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed?
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
No information of exclusions, attrition and missing data. |
| Free of selective reporting? |
Low risk |
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| Free of other bias? |
Low risk |
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