Abstract
Seventy-five patients, from December 1984 to December 1985, received carbon dioxide (CO2) laser laparoscopy for infertility and pelvic pain. The chief complaint of 55 patients was pelvic pain, and for 20 patients, either primary or secondary infertility. The most common findings were endometriosis (84 percent) and pelvic adhesions (35 percent).
This paper gives the incidence of multiple diagnostic findings and the use of CO2 laser laparoscopy. The results indicate that with the availability of the CO2 laser laparoscope a significant number of patients can be treated for endometriosis, pelvic adhesions, salpingitis, and other disorders, preventing the need for future surgical procedures or medical therapy.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Beard R. W., Belsey E. M., Lieberman B. A., Wilkinson J. C. Pelvic pain in women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1977 Jul 1;128(5):566–570. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(77)90043-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Cunanan R. G., Jr, Courey N. G., Lippes J. Laparoscopic findings in patients with pelvic pain. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1983 Jul 1;146(5):589–591. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(83)90809-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Daniell J. F., Brown D. H. Carbon dioxide laser laparoscopy: initial experience in experimental animals and humans. Obstet Gynecol. 1982 Jun;59(6):761–764. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Daniell J. F., Herbert C. M. A new second-puncture probe for CO2 laser laparoscopy. J Reprod Med. 1985 Feb;30(2):89–92. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Daniell J. F., Herbert C. M. Laparoscopic salpingostomy utilizing the CO2 laser. Fertil Steril. 1984 Apr;41(4):558–563. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47777-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Lundberg W. I., Wall J. E., Mathers J. E. Laparoscopy in evaluation of pelvic pain. Obstet Gynecol. 1973 Dec;42(6):872–876. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Portuondo J. A., Peña Irala J., Ibáez E., Echanojauregui A. D. Clinical selection of infertile patients for laparoscopy. Int J Fertil. 1984;29(4):234–238. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Starks G. C., Grimes E. M. Clinical significance of focal pelvic endometriosis. J Reprod Med. 1985 Jun;30(6):481–484. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Tadir Y., Kaplan I., Zuckerman Z., Edelstein T., Ovadia J. New instrumentation and technique for laparoscopic carbon dioxide laser operations: a preliminary report. Obstet Gynecol. 1984 Apr;63(4):582–585. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]