J F Daniell

At both laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, controlled movement of fluids is necessary. In addition, at laparoscopy, suctioning of accumulated smoke from lasers or electrosurgery is an essential venting technique to enhance visibility. This chapt…

A woman who had undergone operative laparoscopy with myomectomy, appendectomy and coagulation of endometriosis was readmitted on postoperative day 3 with a small bowel obstruction. At laparotomy she was found to have an incarcerated loop of…

OBJECTIVE: We assessed laparoscopic oophorectomy using three techniques. METHODS: From January 1989 to October 1991, 65 patients underwent laparoscopic oophorectomy using three techniques: bipolar coagulation, pretied ligature placement, an…

Forty-seven patients underwent laser laparoscopic management of endometriomas from 3 to 12 cm in diameter. Eighteen patients had infertility, 15 had pelvic pain, and 14 had both. The types of laser used were the carbon dioxide, argon, and p…

Laparoscopic appendectomy, for years performed only occasionally, is becoming more common with the increasing interest by both general surgeons and gynecologists in "minimally invasive surgery." A recently available automatic laparoscopic s…

A new surgical laser, the potassium-titanyl-phosphate 532 nm laser (Laserscope, Santa Clara, CA) has recently become available for investigative procedures in gynecology. This article reports initial investigation of this laser energy at la…

A new second-puncture probe system was designed for aiming and firing the CO2 laser under laparoscopic control. The probe allows simultaneous suction of the smoke from vaporization and insufflation of fresh CO2 for maintenance of an adequat…

The usefulness of a short-interval second-look laparoscopy (SLL) after ovarian surgery was examined. In 23 infertile women who had either bilateral wedge resection (BWR) of polycystic ovaries, an oophorocystectomy (OC), or resection of endo…

Four hundred eighty-five cases of histologically proven adenomyosis were reviewed to determine if that condition might have been induced by transplanted endometrium at the time of cesarean section. The rate of cesarean section in the study …

It has been suggested that the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser, by virtue of its hypothetical capabilities for precise incisions, minimization of tissue handling and bleeding, and shortened operating time, may improve the success rate of gynecol…