title: Experience with gynaecological laparoscopies in Wad Medani Hospital, Sudan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the value and safety of laparoscopy in gynaecological practice in a tertiary care centre in Sudan to determine the magnitude of tubal disease as an aetiological factor in female infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective case series study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a tertiary care Teaching Hospital in Sudan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred and three women selected for laparoscopy for various reasons.
  
  
  METHODS
  Indications for laparoscopy findings and complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Infertility was the main indication (94.32%). Tubal disease was diagnosed in 46.6% of all infertile women studied. The overall complication rate was 22.76 per 1000; two major complications and no death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopy is a valuable and safe procedure and and is useful in solving patients' problems, especially infertility. Tubal disease is a major aetiological factor in female infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mirghani
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Babiker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D018579:Patient Selection; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013397:Sudan