An assessment of the role of diagnostic laparoscopy in Trinidad

ABSTRACT

The chief application of diagnostic laparoscopy among 246 women was in the investigation of infertility. The inaccuracy of the salpingogram was evident, and endoscopic findings conflicted with clinical parameters in several patients with pelvic pain. The occasional use of laparoscopy to resolve the diagnosis of uterine perforation or to locate a lost intra-uterine device is illustrated (AU)