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Culdoscopy—Useful or Useless?
Author(s) -
Lane Eduardo
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00303.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , surgery , endoscopy , complication , listing (finance) , general surgery , finance , economics
With the increased use of laparoscopy as a diagnostic method in gynecologic practice, the continued usefulness of culdoscopy has been questioned. The author presents his experience with 402 culdoscopies, listing indications, anesthesia used, results and complications. There was a 4.7% failure rate and a 1.7% complication rate. No permanent damage or death occurred.