title: [Therapeutic posterior colpo-celiotomy. Authors' experience].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate the advantages of posterior colpoceliotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of the results of posterior colpoceliotomy performed between 1995 and 1998 for tubal sterilization, ectopic pregnancy or benign ovarian cyst.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surgery was possible in all 32 cases. The mean surgical time was 15 minutes. No intra- or postoperative complications were observed. The mean postoperative hospitalization lasted 32 hours. In 14 of 16 cases of ectopic pregnancy salpingectomy has been performed. In 2 cases tubal curettage has been performed with enucleation of contralateral dermoid cyst in 1 case.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Colpoceliotomy is, in selected cases, a valid alternative to laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Melito Porto Salvo (Reggio Calabria), Ospedale T. Evoli.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bognoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quartuccio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quartuccio
mesh_terms: D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000379:methods; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Colpoceliotomia posteriore terapeutica. Nostra esperienza.