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The place of laparoscopy in women with ascites
Author(s) -
SHETH SHIRISH S.
Publication year - 1989
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.1471-0528.1989.tb01585.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ascites , laparoscopy , cirrhosis , tuberculosis , biopsy , general surgery , liver biopsy , surgery , radiology , pathology
Summary. Laparoscopy was performed in 70 women with ascites of unknown origin, and in 56 a visual diagnosis, aided by biopsy, was made. There was carcinoma in 32, tuberculosis in 20 and cirrhosis of the liver in four. No abnormality was seen in 14.