Single-step laparoscopic surgery reduces postoperative morbidity in the management of gallstones

Table 1 Characteristics of included trials

Ref.	Country	Number of recruited patients	Age in years	Female:Male	Duration of follow up	Trial running time
Farid et al[13], 2024	Egypt	LERV: 218; No LERV: 218	LERV: 39.56 ± 12.31; No LERV: 44.44 ± 10.18	LERV: 93:125; No LERV: 156:62	1 year	January 2010 to April 2022
Lella et al[14], 2006	Italy	LERV: 60; No LERV: 60	LERV: 54.2 ± 9.51	LERV: 33:27; No LERV: 35:25	24 hours	January 2002 to September 2004
Morino et al[15], 2006	Italy	LERV: 46; No LERV: 45	LERV: 56.6 ± 151; No LERV: 63.1 ± 14.51	LERV: 31:15; No LERV: 25:20	20 months	May 2001 to August 2005
Rábago et al[16], 2006	Spain	LERV: 64; No LERV: 59	Not reported	Not reported	24 months	June 1999 to June 2003
Sahoo et al[17], 2014	India	LERV: 42; No LERV: 41	LERV: 47.95 ± 13.51	LERV: 53:30	30 days	2005 to 2012
Tzovaras et al[18], 2012	Greece	LERV: 50; No LERV: 49	LERV: 66 ± 16.251; No LERV: 69 ± 151	LERV: 27:23; No LERV: 26:23	Not reported	September 2006 to April 2009

¹SD estimated from range.

LERV: Laparoscopic-endoscopic rendezvous.