Etiological diagnostic value of laparoscopy for female acute abdominal pain

Objective To investigate the etiological diagnostic value of laparoscopy for female acute abdominal pain.Methods We retrospectively studied the clinical data of 131 female patients with acute abdominal pain with laparoscopy diagnosis and therapy from July 2003 to October 2005.Results Sixty-three cases of ruptured tubal pregnancy,3 hemorrhagic salpingitis,13 turn round of ovarian cyst,8 ruptured corpus luteum of ovary,6 ruptured endometriosis cyst of ovary,3 ruptured ovarian pregnancy,3 perforation of uterus,1 ruptured deformity uterogestation,2 ruptured abdominal pregnancy,28 acute pelvic inflammatory disease,and 1 tuberculosis of pelvic peritoneum were diagnosed.Conclusion Using laparoscope is the first method of etiological diagnosis to find promptly the cause,position and degree of female acute abdominal pain.