Gupta 2008.
Methods | Randomised Controlled Trial | |
Participants | Patients with chronic anal fissure | |
Interventions | Closed sphincterotomy (43) versus Sphincterolysis (42) | |
Outcomes | Incontinence, fissure healing | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | adequate |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | inadequate |
Drop‐outs All outcomes | Low risk | 4/85 = 4.7% |