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. 2020 Jun;9(3):1037–1052. doi: 10.21037/tau-19-884

Table 5. Quality assessment of RCTs.

Study Selection Performance Detection Attrition Reporting Other sources of bias
Randomized method Allocation concealment Blinding of participants Blinding of assessment Incompleteness of data Selective outcome reporting
Gralla et al., 2007 Unclear Unclear High risk High risk Low risk Low risk Low risk
Ahmed et al., 2011 Unclear Unclear High risk High risk Low risk Low risk Low risk

The quality of identified RCTs were assessed by the Cochrane risk of bias tool. RCT, randomized controlled trial.