Laparoscopy has many advantages over open surgery including less post-operative pain, earlier return of normal bowel function, shorter hospital stay, and recovery. Bowel injury is a serious complication gynecological laparoscopy. The most common site the small bowel, followed by large stomach. This in agreement with recent systematic review which shown that incidence gynecologic laparoscopy 1 7...

This study reports a rare case of broad ligament abdominal ectopic pregnancy (EP). Interventions included preoperative transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography operative laparoscopy. Successful extraction the EP, followed by suturing mesosalpinx, was performed. Laparoscopic fertility-preservation treatment EP is valuable for women during childbearing period.

We report the case of a patient with unicornuate uterus and an intrarudimentary horn first-trimester ectopic pregnancy. This rare pregnancy was diagnosed by laparoscopy and did not respond to systemic methotrexate treatment. The clinical presenting symptoms and signs were similar to those of an extrauterine pregnancy. Following the failure of methotrexate treatment, a second operative laparosco...

BACKGROUND Omental infarction is a rare entity that usually causes symptoms similar to those of appendicitis. Ultrasound or computerized tomography scan can diagnose omental infarction preoperatively. METHODS We treated two patients with omental infarction by performing a laparoscopic omentectomy in each one. RESULTS The pathology verified the operative diagnosis, and both patients were dis...

101 Despite being a relative newcomer to surgery, videola-paroscopy, also known as operative or therapeutic laparoscopy) has ignited a revolution in the surgical approach where it has been utilized for virtually every surgically addressed pathological entity. 1 Videolaparoscopic surgery has the predominant means of performing many common surgical procedures. Operative laparoscopy has largely pr...

A 38 year old woman was thought to have bilateral polycystic ovaries and an absence of pelvic or abdominal adhesions at diagnostic laparoscopy. Post-operative transvaginal ultrasound noted bilateral homogeneous hypo-echoic masses with low-level echoes consistent with endometriomas. Transvaginal aspiration was unsuccessful due to the viscosity of the cyst contents. At second laparoscopy severe a...

Background: The use of single-port laparoscopy has gained popularity within recent years. Part of the appeal in learning this approach is that it draws heavily from concepts mastered through conventional laparoscopy. Various studies have shown the efficacy and feasibility of the single-port laparoscopic approach, but there are few that examine the learning curve in adopting this new technique. ...

BACKGROUND Bezoar-induced small-bowel obstruction (SBO) is an uncommon surgical emergency. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is notoriously difficult, and conventional management often necessitates laparotomy. Recent articles demonstrate the feasibility of laparoscopy in the management of SBO. This study compares the outcomes of a series of cases managed laparoscopically with the outcomes of matc...