Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for the treatment of heterotopic pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Qifei Zhou, Kun Fu · 2025
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Qifei Zhou and Kun Fu pool past studies on surgery for heterotopic pregnancy, in a 2025 meta-analysis. In this rare condition, one embryo grows in the womb and another outside it, which can turn life-threatening. Two operations can treat it: keyhole surgery and open surgery. The team searched six databases for work up to January 2025 and kept twenty-two studies with over a thousand patients.
Live birth, miscarriage, early birth, and full-term birth rates all came out alike for the two operations. Delivery method rates matched as well. A check on high-quality studies alone hinted at more miscarriages with keyhole surgery, but the signal was not firm. All patients in the pooled work were from China. The authors warn that the tie may not hold in other groups and call for wider studies.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qifei Zhou, Kun Fu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |