{"paper_id":"be033883-6166-4064-bf73-92922dcf5157","body_text":"Summary\nLaparoscopic findings in 200 asymptomatic, healthy women having a sterilization were recorded; 148 patients (74%) had no abnormality and 52 patients had abnormalities comprising pelvic adhesions (14%), uterine fibromyomas (5%), endometriosis (3%) and ovarian or parovarian cysts (2%).\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nAcosta AA, Buttram VC, Besch PK, Malinak LR, Franklin RR, van der Heyden JD (1973) A proposed classification of pelvic endometriosis. Obstet Gynecol 42:19–25\nBeard RW, Belsey EM, Lieberman BA, Wilkinson JCM (1977) Pelvic pain in women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 128:566–570\nDrake TS, Grunert GM (1976) The unsuspected pelvic factor in the infertility investigation. Fertil Steril 34:27–31\nHasson HM (1976) Incidence of endometriosis in diagnostic laparoscopy. J Reprod Med 16:135–138\nLundberg WI, Wall JE, Mathers JE (1973) Laparoscopy in evaluation of pelvic pain. Obstet Gynecol 42:872–876\nMarkel SN, Rigberg CC, Strausz IK (1983) Chronic pelvic pain of obscure origin: a clinical study. J Psychosom Obstet Gynecol 2:80–85\nPearce S, Knight C, Beard RW (1982) Pelvic pain — a common gynaecological problem. J Psychosom Obstet Gynecol 1:12–17\nSemchyshyn S, Strickler RC (1976) Laparoscopy — is it replacing clinical acumen? Obstet Gynecol 48:615–618\nSiegler A (1977) Surgical treatments for tuboperitoneal causes of infertility since 1967. Fertil Steril 28:1019–1032\nStrathy JH, Molgaard CA, Coulam CB, Melton LJ III (1982) Endometriosis and infertility: a laparoscopic study of endometriosis among fertile and infertile women. Fertil Steril 38:667–672\nTrimbos-Kemper GCM, Trimbos JB, van Hall EC (1982) Etiological factors in tubal infertility. Fertil Steril 37:384–388\nde Vries K, Levitan Z, Eibschitz I (1983) Psychological evaluation in chronic pelvic pain. J Psychosom Obstet Gynecol 2:115\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nTrimbos, J.B., Trimbos-Kemper, G.C.M., Peters, A.A.W. et al. Findings in 200 consecutive asymptomatic women, having a laparoscopic sterilization. Arch Gynecol Obstet 247, 121–124 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390859\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390859","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}