Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Table 3 Risk of bias of included studies

From: Perioperative systemic steroid for rapid recovery in total knee and hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Author (year)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Koh et al. (2013) [12]	+	+	+	+	+	?	?
Fujii et al. (2005) [13]	+	+	+	?	?	?	?
Jules-Elysee et al. (2011) [14]	+	+	+	+	?	+	?
McLawhorn et al. (2014) [15]	+	+	+	?	+	?	?
Jules-Elysee et al. (2012) [16]	+	+	+	+	?	+	?
Bergeron et al. (2009) [17]	+	?	+	+	-	+	-
Lunn et al. (2011) [20]	+	+	+	+	+	+	?
Backes et al. (2013) [21]	+	+	+	+	+	?	?
Sculco et al. (2015) [22]	+	+	+	+	+	+	?
Lunn et al. (2013) [23]	+	+	+	+	+	+	?
Kardash et al. (2007) [24]	+	?	+	+	+	+	?

1: sequence generation; 2: allocation concealment; 3: blinding of participants, 4: blinding of outcome assessor; 5: incomplete outcome data; 6: reporting bias, 7: other bias, +: low risk of bias; -: high risk of bias, ?: unclear risk of bias

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