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Case reports were excluded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Data collection and analysis<\/jats:title><jats:p>Study enrollment was performed by two reviewers. Our primary outcome measures were objective and subjective effectiveness of the procedure. Secondary outcome measures regarded complications and recurrence. Bias was assessed with the Newcastle Ottawa Scale.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 138 hits, 13 studies were included with 933 LUSLS patients. The average follow\u2010up was 22\u2009months. All were nonrandomised cohort studies. The pooled anatomic success rate is 90% for all LUSLS procedures (95% confidence interval [CI] 83.3\u201395.5). LUSLS with hysterectomy resulted in an anatomic success rate of 96.6% (95% CI 87.5\u2013100) and LUSLS with uterus preservation 83.4% (95% CI 67.7\u201394.6). The pooled subjective cure rate was 90.5% (95% CI 81.9\u201396.5). 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