Reasons for exclusion
| Study | Reason for exclusion |
| Aho | No pain scores |
| Alkaissi | No pain scores |
| Asantila | No pain scores |
| Atanassoff | No defined subgroup |
| Balestrieri | No defined subgroup |
| Barrow | No pain scores |
| Barton | No defined subgroup |
| Benassi | No pain scores |
| Beresford | No pain scores |
| Bloomfield | No defined subgroup |
| Bohrer | No pain scores |
| Boysen | No pain scores |
| Bradley | No defined subgroup |
| Bristow | No pain scores |
| Bronitsky | Not randomised |
| Callaghan | Duplicate publication |
| Carlborg | No pain scores |
| Chen | No defined subgroup |
| Choi | No pain scores |
| Chraemmer-Jorgensen | No pain scores |
| Christensen | No pain scores |
| Christensen (3) | No defined subgroup |
| de Leon-Casasola | No defined subgroup |
| De Lia | No defined subgroup |
| Dobrydnjov | No defined subgroup |
| Doucette | Not randomised |
| Dresner | Not pain |
| Dudley | Not randomised |
| Dyer | No pain scores |
| Elia | No pain scores |
| Ellis | Not randomised |
| Eltabbakh | Not randomised |
| Erkola | No pain scores |
| Facchinetti | No defined subgroup |
| Farquhar | No pain scores |
| Fassoulaki (2) | No pain scores |
| Ferrari | No pain scores |
| Finucane | No pain scores |
| Fruergaard | No pain scores |
| Goldstein | No defined subgroup |
| Guo | No defined subgroup |
| Harkki-Siren | No pain scores |
| Hasan | No pain scores |
| Hebertson | No defined subgroup |
| Hedges | No linear pain score |
| Hedges (2) | No pain score |
| Heye | No pain score |
| Hickman | No pain score |
| Ho | No defined subgroup |
| Hodsman | No defined subgroup |
| Houmes | Not hysterectomy |
| Jaakola | No pain scores |
| Janschek | No pain scores |
| Jenstrup | No pain scores |
| Jones | Not hysterectomy |
| Jorgensen (3) | No defined subgroup |
| Jugnet | No pain scores |
| Katz | Not hysterectomy |
| Keita | No defined subgroup |
| Kimberly | Not randomised |
| Kjerulff | Abstract |
| Kovac | No pain scores |
| Kucuk | No pain scores |
| Laffey | No pain scores |
| Learman | No pain scores |
| Lederberger | No pain scores |
| Lehmann | Not hysterectomy |
| Leong | No pain scores |
| Liu | Not randomised |
| Lumsden | No pain scores |
| Melzack | No defined subgroup |
| Mettler | No pain scores |
| Meyer | Not prospective |
| Mihic | No pain scores |
| Millar (2) | Abstract |
| Minai | No pain scores |
| Miro | No pain scores |
| Moller | No pain scores |
| Moon | No pain scores |
| Morrison | No defined subgroup |
| Moss | No pain scores |
| Nelskyla | No pain scores |
| O’neal | No defined subgroup |
| Ottosen | No pain scores |
| Perri | Abstract |
| Pryle | No defined subgroup |
| Richlin | No defined subgroup |
| Rittenhouse | Not randomised |
| Rogers | No pain scores |
| Rorarius | Not randomised |
| Roushdy | Not randomised |
| Scheinin | No defined subgroup |
| Sear | No pain scores |
| Sevarino | No defined subgroup |
| Sevarino (2) | No defined subgroup |
| Sharma | No pain scores |
| Shen | Not prospective |
| Shen (2) | No pain scores |
| Singh | Letter |
| Smythe | No defined subgroup |
| Smythe (2) | No defined subgroup |
| Soriano | No pain scores |
| Stahlgren | No defined subgroup |
| Summitt | No pain scores |
| Sunshine | No defined subgroup |
| Tan | Not hysterectomy |
| Tintara | No pain scores |
| Tsai | No pain scores |
| Tuttle | No defined subgroup |
| Valles | No pain scores |
| Vangen | No defined subgroup |
| Verborgh | Not hysterectomy |
| Wallace | Not hysterectomy |
| White | No defined subgroup |
| Woo | No pain scores |
| Yamaguchi | No pain scores |
| Yamaguchi (2) | Not randomised |
| Yaubihi | No pain scores |
| Yee | No defined subgroup |
| Young | No pain scores |
| Yuen | No pain scores |