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. 2021 Mar 17;2021(3):CD001894. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001894.pub6

Isiklar 1999.

Study characteristics
Methods Single‐centre randomised trial
Participants 44 women from Turkey undergoing IVF
Mean age not stated
Interventions AH (mechanical; complete zona breach; ? hour egg retrieval to AH; ? hour AH to transfer) vs no AH
AH: 22 women randomised, 83 embryos transferred
Control: 22 women randomised, 78 embryos transferred
Outcomes Implantation, clinical pregnancy, multiple pregnancy
Notes Attempted to contact author about this study
No. of embryos transferred: AH 3.7; control 3.5
Unclear whether power calculation performed
ITT analysis unclear
Published as abstract
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Randomised
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Allocation concealment unclear
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear whether participants and assessor were blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk ITT analysis unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk This publication was in abstract form only, no full paper publication was identified. Study authors do not report on live birth
Other bias Unclear risk Conference abstract