| Methods |
RCT(Randomised Controlled Trial) |
| Participants |
Female patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy (+/‐cholangiography +/‐ choledochostomy) via an open incision |
| Interventions |
Midline incision or transverse (muscle cutting) incision |
| Outcomes |
Pain and analgesics, wound sepsis, burst abdomen, incisional hernia, length of stay, length of incision and operation, cosmesis |
| Notes |
No complication definitions |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
A‐Adequate |
