context correct timing of diagnostic laparoscopy for unexplained infertility management remains as a debate for clinicians. a cost-effective strategy of diagnostic laparoscopy utilization for unexplained infertile patients is much needed. evidence acquisition detailed evaluation of the articles extracted from a “pubmed” and “cochrane database” search using “unexplained infertility and diagnosti...

In this paper, we discuss the present situation of laparoscopy in gynecology. There is no doubt that hospital stay, postoperative pain and convalescence are less when it is possible to treat gynecologic disease via laparoscopy. However, for reaching the final conclusion about the other effects of this kind of surgery, e.g., adhesion formation after operation, pregnancy rate, etc., a series ...

introduction: in a prospective blind study, we evaluated sonohysterography (shg) as a diagnostic tool for uterine cavity and tubal patency and compare shg with laparoscopy in tubal patency and hysterosalpyngography for uterine anomaly as gold standard methods. material and methods: 76 infertile patients undergone shg and hsg and laparoscopy and comparison between the different diagnostic techni...

evaluation of causes and results of laparoscopy in kosar hospital     nanbakhsh f [1] , mohaddesi h [2] *, yegansangi m [3] , mazloomi p [4]    received: 24 may, 2011 accepted: 6 july, 2011   abstract  background & aims: in the last 30 years, gynecologic laparoscopy has become a major surgical tool used to treat a multitude of gynecologic indications such as acute or chronic abdominal or pelvic...

PURPOSE To assess patient acceptance of diagnostic conventional laparoscopy and minilaparoscopy under sedoanalgesia. MATERIALS AND METHODS 120 consecutive patients undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy were enrolled prospectively in this study. Within the first week after diagnostic laparoscopy the patients were asked to answer a total of eight questions with regard to the acceptance of the proce...

background the benefits of laparoscopy over laparotomy include lower blood loss, decreased length of hospital stay, and decreased postoperative pain. it is unknown, however, whether patients with previous surgeries are good candidates for laparoscopic surgery. objectives to determine whether the location and type (laparoscopic surgery vs. laparotomy) of previous abdominal surgery is associated ...