Curry 2003.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE; date of search not reported Search completed by investigator Search criteria not reported Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 9 abstracts presented at the 1996 to 2000 British Association of Paediatric Surgeons meetings Included all abstracts describing RCTs
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published
Outcomes	1 of 9 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported No factors related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Surgery ‐ pediatric surgery Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts describing RCTs.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Unclear	Date of search not reported.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.