The role of diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic abdominal conditions: an evidence-based review

William S. Richardson, W S Richardson, D Stefanidis, L Chang, D B Earle, R D Fanelli
Surgical endoscopy · 2009 · vol. 23(9) , pp. 2073–2077 · doi:10.1007/s00464-009-0467-6 · PMID:19357920 · W4252276339
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This review critically examines the literature on diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic intraabdominal conditions, including pelvic pain, infertility, nonpalpable testis, and liver disease.

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This evidence-based review evaluated the role of diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic intraabdominal conditions by conducting a systematic search of English-language literature (MEDLINE, Cochrane database of evidence-based reviews, and DARE) from 1995–2006, grading the level of evidence across studies. The review organized the literature into six main categories, including pelvic pain and endometriosis, infertility, nonpalpable testis, and liver disease, and discussed indications, contraindications, risks, benefits, diagnostic accuracy, and morbidity. It highlighted limitations of the available literature and provided evidence-based recommendations focused on use of laparoscopy to stage intraabdominal cancers, while also reviewing other indications. Relevance to endometriosis: pelvic pain and endometriosis are explicitly one of the reviewed categories, though the paper’s main focus is a broad evidence-based review of diagnostic laparoscopy across multiple chronic abdominal conditions.

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endometriosischronic_pelvic_pain

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Laparoscopy Laparoscopy Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Evidence-Based Medicine Female Humans Infertility, Female Infertility, Female Infertility, Female Liver Diseases Liver Diseases Liver Diseases Male Pelvic Pain

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