SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2024
The effect of laparoscopic and abdominal surgery on the treatment of ectopic pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Impact of a full clinical workday on surgical performance in simulated laparoscopy: a controlled crossover trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Adaptive Control of the Redundant Axis of a Surgical Robot for Operating Room Workspace Optimization Using Reinforcement Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Spontaneous unruptured unilateral twin tubal ectopic pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy: From Diagnosis to Treatment.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Advanced Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy Presenting with a Formed Fetus: Case Analysis and Review of Literature.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of laparoscopic surgery (LS) and abdominal surgery (AS) in ectopic pregnancy surgery. Methods: A computer-based search was conducted in several databases such as CNKI, Wanfang data, VIP data, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM disc), PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and others to gather domestic and foreign literature on treating ectopic pregnancy. This search was carried out from the inception of each database to July 2022. The literature review was performed using Endnote X9 software, and the data were analyzed using STATA 15.1 software for the meta-analysis. Results: Eight articles that met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. The meta-analysis showed that the laparoscopic group had shorter operation time than AS group [SMD = -1.28, 95%CI (-2.02, 0.54), Conclusion: LS has more evident advantages in the treatment of patients with ectopic pregnancy. However, due to the lack of English literature that meets the inclusion criteria, further studies are needed to determine if LS has the same efficacy for European and American populations.
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