Laparoscopy in the Management of Pelvic Pain in Calabar, Nigeria

S. J. Etuk, E.E.J Asuquo, IH Itam
In: Tropical Doctor · 2000 · vol. 30(3) , pp. 140–143 · doi:10.1177/004947550003000309 · PMID:10902469 · W2173149763
article OA: closed CC0
View on OpenAlex View on PubMed View at publisher
⚙ AI-generated summary by claude@2026-06, 2026-06-07 ⓘ

Laparoscopy in Calabar, Nigeria, diagnosed the cause of pelvic pain in 77.6% of cases, leading to symptom resolution in most patients, with a low complication rate.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

Abstract

During the study period (July 1988 to June 1993), 707 laparoscopies were performed in the maternity annex of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Fifty-eight (8.2%) were for pelvic pain. Some of the cases of pelvic pain were laparoscoped only after failure of other investigative procedures and medical treatment. In 45 (77.6%) definitive diagnoses were made and 37 of these became asymptomatic after definitive treatment following the laparoscopy. Of the 12 (20.69%) with no detectable abnormalities, four became asymptomatic with explanation and reassurance. All the patients with unruptured and the two with ruptured ectopic pregnancy were managed without the need for blood transfusion. Most of the diagnostic laparoscopies were performed on a day-case basis. A complication rate of 1.7% was recorded. A more liberal use of the procedure in the investigation of pelvic pain in women is advocated.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Citation neighborhood (sparse)

Too few in-corpus citations on either side for a chart; here are the lists.

Cites (1)

References (11)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
unpaywall
last seen: 2026-06-02T02:00:03.124865+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK