Table 3.
Comparisons of fetal loss and preterm labour between laparoscopic and open appendicectomy in pregnancy
| Laparoscopic | Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Yes | No | Yes | No | Relative risk |
| Fetal loss | |||||
| Corneille et al.27 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 0·59 (0·03, 10·45) |
| Sadot et al.28 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 1·21 (0·05, 28·35) |
| Kirshtein et al.29 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0·83 (0·06, 12·35) |
| McGory et al.12 | 31 | 423 | 88 | 2591 | 2·08 (1·40, 3·09) |
| Upadhyay et al.30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0·60 (0·02, 23·07) |
| Carver et al.31 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3·33 (0·17, 63·51) |
| Lyass et al.32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1·00 (0·02, 46·40) |
| Affleck et al.33 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0·95 (0·02, 45·51) |
| Conron et al.34 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0·77 (0·02, 35·51) |
| Gurbuz and Peetz35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0·83 (0·02, 34·94) |
| Curet et al.36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1·60 (0·04, 68·53) |
| Pooled relative risk | 1·91 (1·31, 2·77) | ||||
| Preterm labour | |||||
| Corneille et al.27 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 0·89 (0·12, 6·71) |
| Sadot et al.28 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 1·56 (0·51, 4·81) |
| Upadhyay et al.30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1·80 (0·10, 31·52) |
| Carver et al.31 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3·33 (0·17, 63·51) |
| Lyass et al.32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1·00 (0·02, 46·40) |
| Affleck et al.33 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1·42 (0·27, 7·54) |
| Gurbuz and Peetz35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0·83 (0·02, 34·94) |
| Pooled relative risk | 1·44 (0·68, 3·06) | ||||
Values in parentheses are 95 per cent confidence intervals.