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. 2011 Feb 21;2011:0813.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Pain

Systematic review
68 women with primary dysmenorrhoea
Data from 1 RCT
Pain relief up to 6 months' follow-up
29/35 (83%) with laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation (LUNA)
29/33 (88%) with laparoscopic presacral neurectomy (LPSN)

OR 0.67
95% CI 0.17 to 2.61
Not significant

Systematic review
68 women with primary dysmenorrhoea
Data from 1 RCT
Pain relief at 12 months' follow-up
11/35 (31%) with LUNA
27/33 (82%) with LPSN

OR 0.10
95% CI 0.03 to 0.32
Large effect size LPSN