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. 2012 Feb 15;2012(2):CD003431. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003431.pub3

Bacher 1997.

Methods RCT n=35
Participants CAF & AAF
Interventions GTN 0.2% tid vs Xylocaine
Outcomes Healing 
 Pain Relief 
 ARM 
 Headache
Notes R?OK 
 ITT ‐
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk R?OK
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk A ‐ Adequate
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk  
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk appropriate outcomes/side effects reported
Other bias Low risk ITT
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk  
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk  
Duration of Follow‐up 6 months or more High risk 4 weeks