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AN ASSESSMENT OF LAPAROSCOPY AS THE PRIMARY INVESTIGATION IN THE SUBFERTILE FEMALE
Author(s) -
Templeton A. A.,
Kerr M. G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12489.x
Subject(s) - laparoscopy , primary infertility , medicine , infertility , genital tract , gynecology , sex organ , female infertility , general surgery , obstetrics , pregnancy , physiology , biology , genetics
Summary Our experience with laparoscopy as the primary means of assessment of the female genital tract is described in 279 women attending a subfertility clinic. Thirty‐two per cent of patients with primary infertility and 60 per cent of patients with secondary infertility had significant pelvic disease. We feel that laparoscopy should replace other methods for the routine primary assessment of the genital tract in subfertile women.