title: [The laparoscopic findings in patients with chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea].
abstract: Forty-nine laparoscopic findings of women with chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea, were reviewed. In all of them a laparoscopy was performed under general anesthesia. Endometriosis was found as principal cause of the pain, followed by chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and adhesions. In 10.2% of the patients the pelvis was normal. We can conclude that in the patient with chronic pelvic pain, laparoscopy is a useful method to achieve the correct diagnosis to prescribe the most accurate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia Luis Castelazo Ayala, Servicio Medicina Reproductiva, México, D.F.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carranza Lira
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bobadilla Valenzuela
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaona Arreola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García Luna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Hallazgos laparoscópicos en pacientes con dolor pélvico crónico y dismenorrea.