Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment: Pregnancy rate
Postsurgical medical therapy probably leads to higher pregnancy rate (dichotomous) compared with placebo or no medical therapy (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Postsurgical medical therapy vs placebo or no medical therapy Pregnancy rate (dichotomous) · women having endometriosis surgery Postsurgical medical therapy probably leads to higher pregnancy rate (dichotomous) compared with placebo or no medical therapy (moderate certainty). Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.19 [1.02, 1.38] | 11 studies · 955 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.