Journal of Gynecologic Surgery

Three hundred fifty patients attending gynecology outpatient clinics between 1984 and 1989 warranting a diagnostic D & C were offered instead a diagnostic hysteroscopy under local anesthesia (with or without intravenous Midazalom) or under …

Argon laser laparoscopy was used for treatment of 46 patients with pelvic endometriosis. Infertility was the primary diagnosis in 31 patients, and pelvic pain was the primary diagnosis in 21 patients. A 600 mum laser fiber was used through …

Since early 1987, 62 laparoscopic appendectomies have been performed without any major operative or postoperative complications. Just over half of these patients required hospitalization overnight for observation. The rest went home with ac…

In order to prevent postoperative adhesions often present after CO 2 laser vaporization of large endometriomas, 62 patients with endometriomas greater than 3 cm diameter were treated with a new procedure. Partial cystectomy was performed us…

The use of the CO 2 dioxide laser in infertility surgery has expanded during the past several years. The results are equal to those of conventional microsurgery, and the CO 2 laser has been associated with bloodless surgery and easy accessi…

Intraoperative laparoscopy was used to evaluate pelvic pathology in 46 patients who had been anesthetized for abdominal hysterectomy. Because traditional indicators--clinical history, pelvic examination, and ultrasound studies--suggested th…

The best pregnancy rates reported in the literature for infertility patients with severe pelvic endometriosis (stage IV) have been attributed to surgical management. In the last few years, improved endoscopic instruments have allowed gyneco…