Figure 4a: Forest plot comparing RALM to CLM on the basis of EBL.
Figure 4b: Forest plot comparing RALM to CLM on the basis of MOD.
Figure 4c: Forest plot comparing RALM to CLM on the basis of LOS.
Figure 5a: Forest plot comparing RALM to CLM on the basis of complication rate.
Figure 5b: Forest plot comparing RALM to CLM on the basis of transfusion rate.
Figure 5c: Forest plot comparing RALM to CLM on the basis of conversion to laparotomy rate.
Figure 6: Scatter-plot of the reported RALM MOD of all included studies, with a trend line depicting a downward trend as time passes.
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