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Gynecological laparoscopic experience in a large private practice is described. Of 979 patients thus treated there have been no pregnancies. Laparoscopy has also been used to diagnose pelvic pain and abnormalities in the uterus. It has had its place in evaluating the infertile female for tubal patency. Liver biopsies can be performed by this method. This series reports the use of a double-puncture approach. Anesthesia is by Sodium Pentathol, iv muscle relaxants, oxygen and nitrous oxide. The patient is insufflanted with carbon dioxide and the pelvic cavity visualized through the laparoscope placed in the abdomen in the infra umbilical fold area. A 2nd incision is made above the pubic hairline. The tubes may either be coagulated at the cornua of the uterus and again 1.5 cm lateral to this, or coagulated and divided. Laparoscopy is an invaluable technique. It is a complicated, potentially dangerous procedure that should only be used by experienced operators.
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PMID:Gynecological laparoscopy in a large private practice. 13 39