BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We reviewed the records for 571 gynecologic laparoscopies performed at a privately owned general hospital in Kaosiung Taiwan in 1998 and 1999 and discuss here the major obstacles we encountered while introducing these procedures at our institution. METHODS Included in this series are 293 procedures performed in 1998 (149 hysterectomies, 144 adnexal procedures), and 2...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands and stroma in sites other than the uterine cavity, which is associated with infertility. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of laparoscopic surgical treatment on clinical pregnancy in infertile women with minimal or mild endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This clinical trial study was performed in infertile w...

AIM The application of robotics is an innovation in the field of gynecologic surgery. Our objective was to evaluate the currently available literature on the cost assessment of robotic surgery of various operations in the field of gynecologic surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS PubMed and Scopus databases were systematically searched in order to retrieve the included studies in our review. RESULT...

Objectives: To compare between hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopic findings in patients tested for infertility thereby to determine the significance of latter examination. Methods: This was a descriptive study performed two Gynecology departments Dakar (Senegal). Included were 84 with suspicious tubal-infertility who underwent HSG followed by laparoscopy. The Kappa (K) statistics used ...

Non-gestational choriocarcinoma is a markedly aggressive ovarian germ cell tumor. This report describes an atypical presentation of nongestational in premenopausal female during the COVID-19 pandemic. The patient initially presented with respiratory symptoms and ultimately progressed to multi-organ failure. She underwent extensive thorough work up without diagnosis for many weeks. A pelvic lesi...

conclusion hsg is considered to have a high sensitivity and specificity. hsg and laparoscopy are not alternative, but are the complementary methods in the examination of no tubal patency. results the sensitivity and specificity of hsg on bilateral tubal patency or no bilateral tubal patency were 92.1% and 85.7% respectively. the positive and negative predictive values were 97.2% and 66.7%, and ...

Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis in dogs remains a significant challenge despite the development of advanced diagnostic methodologies. Visual inspection and pancreas biopsy using laparoscopy are generally considered to be procedures free of complications when conducted on healthy animals. However, the usefulness of laparoscopy for diagnosing acute pancreatitis has not been assessed. In the prese...

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