Breaking New Ground or Just Digging a Hole? An Evaluation of Gynecologic Operative Laparoscopy
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Journal of Gynecologic Surgery
- Vol. 8 (3), 143-158
- https://doi.org/10.1089/gyn.1992.8.143
Abstract
The gynecologic surgical procedures that may be accomplished via operative laparoscopy have dramatically increased in the past decade. Ideally, strong evidence of advantages over traditional surgical approaches should be presented for each surgical procedure before widespread use occurs. Such evidence is generally lacking. This review of recent publications concludes that laparoscopic operations for tubal ectopic pregnancy have been domonstrated generally to be preferable to laparotomy. Although evidence is very suggestive, clear superiority of laparoscopy has not been proven for endometriosis, ovarian cystectomy, oophorectomy, distal salpingostomy, or adhesiolysis for infertility. There is not adequate evidence to reach a conclusion on the use of laparoscopic myomectomy for fertility. When appropriately indicated, vaginal hysterectomy seems preferable to abdominal or laparoscopic hysterectomy, and preliminary evidence suggests that laparoscopic hysterectomy may have some advantages over abdominal hysterectomy. There is no evidence that laparoscopic tubal sterilization is better than minilaparotomy tubal sterilization. Much more scientific study of operative laparoscopic procedures is needed before universal change to these procedures can be fully endorsed. (J GYNECOL SURG 8:143, 1992)Keywords
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