“…In the Agha et al study, of 74 non-urological RCTs 15 were vascular RCTs, having a mean CONSORT score of 0.54. Furthermore, in another study, Agha et al 18 demonstrated suboptimal reporting quality of 57 plastic surgery RCTs with a median CONSORT score of 0.50. Although this suggests better compliance to the CONSORT statement in the RCTs included in the present study, it should be taken into account the most recent version of the CONSORT statement containing a 25 item-checklist has been used, whereas other studies used the older version consisting of a 22 item-checklist.…”