Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of included studies
| No. of women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Year | No. of women | Age (years)* | Gestational age (weeks)* | Negative appendicectomy (%) | Laparoscopic | Open | Outcomes |
| Corneille et al.27 | 2010 | 49 | 25·6(6·4) | 15·9(8·4) | NA | 9 | 40 | Fetal loss, hospital stay, preterm delivery |
| Sadot et al.28 | 2010 | 57 | 29·5(5·9) | 19·7(7·2) | 24 | 41 | 16 | Apgar score, birth weight, fetal loss, hospital stay, duration of operation, preterm delivery, wound infection |
| Kirshtein et al.29 | 2009 | 42 | 28·4 | 13·9(6) | 12 | 23 | 19 | Apgar score, birth weight, fetal loss, hospital stay, duration of operation, wound infection |
| McGory et al.12 | 2007 | 3133 | NA | NA | 23·1 | 454 | 2679 | Fetal loss |
| Upadhyay et al.30 | 2007 | 6 | 27·2(3·3) | 32(2·6) | 17 | 4 | 2 | Fetal loss, preterm delivery |
| Carver et al.31 | 2005 | 28 | 23·4(5·8) | 14(5·4) | NA | 17 | 11 | Apgar score, birth weight, fetal loss, hospital stay, preterm delivery, wound infection |
| Lyass et al.32 | 2001 | 22 | 28·5(15·2) | 20(6·3) | NA | 11 | 11 | Fetal loss, hospital stay, duration of operation, preterm delivery |
| Affleck et al.33 | 1999 | 37 | NA | NA | NA | 19 | 18 | Fetal loss, preterm delivery |
| Conron et al.34 | 1999 | 21 | NA | NA | NA | 12† | 9‡ | Apgar score, birth weight, fetal loss, hospital stay, duration of operation |
| Gurbuz and Peetz35 | 1997 | 9 | 24·5(1·5) | 20·1(9) | 22 | 5 | 4 | Fetal loss, hospital stay, duration of operation, preterm delivery |
| Curet et al.36 | 1996 | 11 | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 7 | Fetal loss |
*
Values are mean(s.d.).
†
Includes laparoscopic cholecystectomy;
‡
includes open cholecystectomy. NA, not available.