October 22, 2009 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Routine diagnostic laparoscopy does not appear to be associated with improved conception rates in patients with unexplained fertility, according to an analysis of ...

Gynecologists who are frustrated in their investigation of patients with unexplained pelvic pain should consider alternatives to the standard diagnostic laparoscopy, because this test often fails to ...

Diagnostic laparoscopy can play a role in predicting surgery outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer. The number of futile laparotomies was decreased in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer ...

Biomarkers in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Background: Imaging for pancreatic cancer has demonstrated increased accuracy in staging patients before resection. Many propose diagnostic laparoscopy ...

Improved Outcomes With Retinoic Acid and Arsenic Trioxide Compared With Retinoic Acid and Chemotherapy in Non–High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Final Results of the Randomized Italian-German ...

The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy for young women who present with right iliac fossa pain reduces the rate of negative appendectomy, according to a new study. However, the implementation of ...

A laparoscopy is a dignostic operation to look at the abdominal and pelvic organs using a small telescope (laparoscope). In some circumstances, minor treatments can be performed at the same time. A ...