Laparoscopy: is it replacing clinical acumen?
A review of 1061 laparoscopic procedures found that preoperative clinical diagnoses were incorrect approximately 50% of the time, with pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, and ovarian cysts most frequently confused, and a 2.6% complication rate.
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