Semm K

The advent in recent years of safe endocoagulation (thermocoagulation within the abdomen) has permitted operative laparoscopic treatment of the tubal factor in infertility in selected cases. This paper reviews the results of operative lapar…

Hemostasis by high frequency current in the abdomen is too dangerous during pelvic endoscopy. Pelviscopy was therefore mainly a diagnostic procedure. Modern electronic coagulation instruments such as the Crocodile forceps and the point coag…

Surgery of the fallopian tubes has today developed into pelviscopic surgery. The development of suitable instruments such as the tube set, a new endocoagulation method were prerequisites for this development. Operative therapeutic pelviscop…

Pelviscopy was predominantly concerned with diagnostic procedures until recent years. Modern electronically controlled coagulation instruments, such as the crocodile forceps and the point coagulator, permit the application of destructive he…

During the last two years we have performed diagnostic pelviscopy in 90 patients suffering from a syndrome of chronic repeated pelvic disease. In 44 patients extragenital endometriosis was diagnosed as the causing factor. In 15 cases we fou…