Randomisation used a table of random numbers, starting at a random place to ensure that the allocations were not known before randomisation.
Simple randomisation Pure randomisation based on a single allocation ratio is known as simple randomisation.
The result of the randomisation was known immediately before anaesthesia.
The fixed-block randomisation method was somewhat predictable, especially as the block-size was known to the surgeons, and a variable-block randomisation would have been superior [33].
In open randomised trials, preferences should be ascertained before randomisation.
Baseline HRQoL questionnaires had to be completed before randomisation.
The baseline questionnaires and demographics will be registered before randomisation.
Baseline eligibility data will be required before randomisation.
The initial baseline survey will be conducted before randomisation.
Data will be collected before randomisation, after intervention, and after a follow-up of 6 months.
Data will be collected before randomisation, after three and after six months.
