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550 C. Minns Lowe et al. Table II. Risk of bias assessment for identified trials Domains Effective blinding Incomplete outcome data Outcome country Intervention b) providers c) objective outcomes integrity reporting Other sources Our evaluation of bias of risk of bias Ali & Khan 2015 (62) Unclear Adequate Partial Adequate IFU, GC, Unclear Unclear IFU, UFSD, High UIV, USS, GC, Study 1: Unclear FSD, OMC, High UIV, USS, GC, Single session Adequate BLD, GC, IFU, Moderate OMC, USS Partial Unclear GC, Low Adequate Adequate IFU, OMC, USS, GC, High Unclear Adequate GC, USS, High Unclear BLD, COI, High IFU, USS, GC, Unclear Unclear FSD, UIV, USS, GC, High Adequate Adequate IFU, GC, Low Adequate Adequate COI, USS, GC, Low Adequate Unclear COI, GC, IFU, Moderate USS, Unclear Adequate IFU, OMC, USS, GC, Adequate Unclear GC, IFU, OMC, High USS, Unclear Unclear OMC, USS, GC, High Adequate Unclear IFU, GC, Moderate Partial: loss to follow up 21% Unclear IFU, USS, GC, High b) Unclear c) Unclear a) Not possible Unclear Unclear OMC, USS, GC, Adequate Adequate GC, IFU, USS, High Unclear Adequate IFU, OMC, USS, GC, Unclear Pakistan Bae et al. 2014 (64) Badalamente et al. 2016 (63) USA Studies 1&3 Adequate Unclear Adequate Adequate c) Unclear Study 1.a) Unclear Study 1: Study 1: Unclear Unclear b) ”investigators blinded” Study 3: Study 3: c) unclear Unclear Unclear Study 3.a) Not possible High Study 3: Adequate b) Not possible Balci et al. 2016 (65) Partial Unclear Adequate Turkey Celik & Kaya Mutlu 2016 (28) Turkey Adequate Do Moon et al. 2015 (66) Unclear Adequate Adequate Unclear Unclear Adequate Unclear Unclear Unclear Adequate Unclear Unclear Unclear Adequate Adequate Adequate Adequate Unclear Adequate Adequate Adequate Partial Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Adequate Unclear Unclear Unclear Adequate Unclear Adequate c) Unclear a) Unclear High b) Not possible Adequate Unclear Adequate Unclear Unclear Unclear Germany c) Adequate a) Adequate b) Not possible Unclear Adequate Adequate Korea Ohta et al. 2014 (76) c) Unclear a) Not possible b) Not possible South Korea Ma et al. 2013 (27) c) Unclear a) Unclear b) Adequate where possible South Korea Lorbach et al. 2010 (75) c) Unclear a) Adequate b) Unclear South Korea Lee et al. 2015 (74) c) Adequate a) Not possible b) Not possible South Korea Lee et al. 2016 (73) c) Adequate a) Not possible b) Partial Korea Kwak & Kim 2016 (72) c) Unclear a) Not possible b) Not possible China Kim et al. 2015 (47) c) Adequate a) Not possible b) Not possible USA Joo et al. 2013 (71) c) Unclear Inadequate a) States blinded but unclear how this is possible? b) Not possible Chile Ji et al. 2015 (70) c) Unclear a) Not possible b) Not possible India Ibrahim et al. 2014 (31) c) Adequate a) Not possible b) Not possible Egypt Gutierrez Espinoza et al. 2015 (30) c) Unclear a) Not possible b) Not possible South Korea Ghosh et al. 2012 (69) c) Adequate a) Not possible b) Not possible Elhafez & Elhafez 2016 (68) Unclear c) Unclear a) Not possible b) Not possible Turkey a) Not possible b) Not possible South Korea Doner et al. 2013 (67) Selective a) participant Sequence Allocation generation concealment Study, year publication, c) Unclear a) Not possible High b) Not possible Inadequate Unclear Japan Unclear c) Adequate a) Unclear b) Unclear c) Unclear www.medicaljournals.se/jrm High