title: [The diagnostic value of celioscopy in the evaluation of chronic pelvic pain. Apropos of 184 cases].
abstract: The authors report on a retrospective study of 184 laparoscopies carried out assessing the aetiology of chronic pelvic pain. The population that was studied has a mean age of 28.8 years, with most of the patients being between 20 and 30 years of age. The mean length of the history of the pain was 51 1/2 months. 51% of the cases had pain of a rhythmical nature associated with the menstrual cycle, 11.3% of cases had deep dyspareunia and 37.7% of the cases had repeated attacks of pain. Previous gynaecological pathology was found in 30% of cases and previous pelvis surgery in 11.1% of cases. 41.5% of the population were multiparous. Laparoscopy was only performed after a full clinical and paraclinical examination. It showed the presence of: endometriosis in 22.2% of cases, pelvic adhesions in 17.4%, varicose veins in the pelvis in 11.4%, ovarian cysts in 6.5%, ovarian dystrophies in 3.2%, Masters and Allen syndrome in 3.8%, sub-serous fibroids in 2.1%.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010388:Pelvis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Etude de l'apport diagnostique de la coelioscopie dans le bilan des algies pelviennes chroniques. A propos de 184 cas.