Critical appraisal:Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR 2004 2

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Risk of bias assessment: randomised controlled trial

Was the trial double-blinded?
Outcomes not blinded, substantial side-effects, or not reported.
Was the treatment allocation schedule concealed?
No concealment or unclear (e.g. no approach described, open randomisation lists, person doing recruitment tossing a coin).
Were all randomised participants included in the analysis?
Too many exclusions, differential loss in comparison groups, or not reported.
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How was the allocation schedule generated?
Inadequate or not reported
Overall risk of bias
High risk of bias Additional comments: Please replace this text and include any additional comments in regards to your quality rating
Comments

The quality was assessed for the outcome of adverse events.


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Article
Mariappan P, Chong WL, Sundram M, Mohamed SR. Increasing prostate biopsy cores based on volume vs the sextant biopsy: a prospective randomized controlled clinical study on cancer detection rates and morbidity. BJU Int 2004 Aug;94(3):307-10 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15291857.
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