title: [221 cases of laparoscopic laser therapy].
abstract: Laparoscopic laser therapy, using a Nd:YAG laser and an Olympus laparoscope, was performed in 221 cases. 0.5% dicaine spray was used intraperitoneally. The types of operations performed were tubal sterilization in 110 cases, vaporization of endometriotic lesions in 76 cases, lysis of pelvic adhesions in 13 cases, salpingostomy in 11 cases, salpingostomy for tubal pregnancy in 10 cases, and fenestration of cyst of Morgagni in one, the rate of success was 98.2% in tubal/sterilization. In 71 cases of endometriosis the pregnancy rate was 32.7% for R-AFS stage I-II, and 25.0% for stage III-IV cases. The advantages and techniques of the laparoscopic laser therapy were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical College.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*