| Methods |
RCT. Method of randomisation, allocation concealment and blinding of participants and investigators (including outcome assessors) not reported. |
| Participants |
72 patients ( age range 3 to 18 years) with superficial or mid‐dermal partial thickness burns less than 10% TBSA. Burns involving face, hands, feet or perineum were excluded. |
| Interventions |
Biosynthetic dressing (Biobrane) versus hydrocolloid dressing |
| Outcomes |
Time to wound healing
Level of pain
Cost of dressing |
| Notes |
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| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Stated as "randomised" but method not described |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Not reported |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
All enrolled patients completed the study |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All prespecified outcomes reported |
| Other bias |
Unclear risk |
Baseline comparability between groups not reported |
