title: [Coelioscopy in gynecologic emergencies. About 239 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goal of this study was to determine the efficiency of lapaorscopy as method of diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic emergencie.
  
  
  METHODS
  A laparoscopy was performed in two hundred and thirty-nine patients who presented in emergency with signs like acute pelvic pain, uterine bleeding or fever. Diagnoses and treatments are presented in a retrospective study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median patient age was 30.4 years and median parity was 14 sonography was performed in all patients and bHCG rate was positive in 101 patients. The most suspected diagnosis was ectopic pregnancy (42%) followed by complicated cysts (30%) and ligh genital infections (27%) At laparoscopy 92 cases of ectopic pregnancy, 66 cysts complicated or not and 47 high genital infections were found. Laparoscopy didn't show any evident pathology in 6.6% of patients. We didn't note any anesthesial or surgical complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopy for gynecologic emergencies can be satisfactorily performed in the majority of patients, regardingly to low fiability of usual diagnostic methods. II is useful for diagnosis and treatment. The rate of it's overall complications is relatively low.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstetrique "C", Centre de maternité et de néonatalogie, Tunis.
authors.forename: Ben Hmid
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Rim
authors.forename: Raissi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sihem
authors.forename: Rafika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nsiri
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahjoub
authors.forename: Dorra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zeghal
authors.forename: Faouzia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zouari
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000032:analysis; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human