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Table 3 Studies using laparoscopy to predict surgical outcome

Study	n	PDS (n)	Optimal surgery1	Criteria of residual diseases (cm)	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	Accuracy
Angioli et al[71], 2006	87	53	96%	0	-	-	-	-	-
Deffieux et al[72], 2006	15	11	91%	0	-	-	-	-	-
Fagotti et al[73], 20062	64	61	67%	1	30%	100%	100%	70%	74%
Fagotti et al[74], 20082	113	91	50%	1	30%	100%	100%	60%	75%
Brun et al[75], 20082	55	26	69%	1	46%	89%	89%	44%	60%

¹Percentage of optimal surgery was obtained only in the patients who had primary debulking surgery;

²Diagnostic performance predictions in these studies used score ≥ 8 as cut-off value from the model of the study. PDS: Primary debulking surgery; NPV: Negative predictive value; PPV: Positive predictive value.