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Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment

Recurrence · women having endometriosis surgery

Postsurgical medical therapy may leads to lower disease recurrence ≤ 12 months (dichotomous) compared with placebo or no medical therapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.3 [0.17, 0.54]
4 studies · 433 participants
Low

Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment

Disease recurrence ≤ 12 months (EEC stage) · women having endometriosis surgery

It is very uncertain whether postsurgical medical therapy changes disease recurrence ≤ 12 months (EEC stage) compared with placebo or no medical therapy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.88 [0.67, 1.15]
1 study · 285 participants
Very low

Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment

Pregnancy rate · women having endometriosis surgery

Postsurgical medical therapy probably leads to higher pregnancy rate (dichotomous) compared with placebo or no medical therapy (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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

Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment

Pelvic pain · women having endometriosis surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 340 participants
Very low

Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment

Pain recurrence (dichotomous) Pain recurrence ≤ 12 months · women having endometriosis surgery

Postsurgical medical therapy may leads to lower pain recurrence (dichotomous) Pain recurrence ≤ 12 months compared with placebo or no medical therapy (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.7 [0.52, 0.94]
5 studies · 657 participants
Low

Postsurgical medical therapy vs Placebo or no active treatment

Disease recurrence at 12 months – total (AFS score) · women having endometriosis surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Pre‐ and postsurgical medical therapy for endometriosis surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 53 participants
Very low