title: [Nineteen years of laparoscopy in the gynecology clinic IPG PAM].
abstract: The aim of the paper was the analysis of 1450 laparoscopic procedures performed in the Clinic of Gynecology--IOG PMA in Szczecin in the years from 1974 to 1992. The above number include 320 laparoscopic operations. In the analyzed three five-year periods, the number of laparoscopies increased twofold, while in the years 1989-1992 it constituted 26.8% of all the operative procedures. Indication for laparoscopy in 74.6% of cases was sterility, in 13.38% pelvic pain of undefined etiology, in 7.7% ectopic pregnancy, 1.8% oncologic indications, in 0.5% internal ones, in 0.3% sterilization and others in 1.6%. Among operative laparoscopies electrocoagulation of endometriosis was carried out in 46.6% of cases, resection of intraperitoneal adhesions in 27.5%, in the region of abdominal orifices of oviducts in 7.5%, ectopic pregnancy operations in 7.2%, excision of ovarian cysts in 6.6% as well as extirpation of myomas in 4.7%. At the analyzed period the following complications were disclosed, namely: interstitial lesion in 2 cases, hemorrhage from inferior epigastric artery in 1 and subcutaneous emphysema in 34 cases.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Ginekologii IPG PAM w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niedzielski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gizewski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Starczewski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rózewicki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Dziewietnaście lat laparoskopii w klinice ginekologii IPG PAM.