title: Diagnostic laparoscopy in pre-surgical planning for higher stage endometriosis: Is it still relevant?
abstract: It has become necessary to re - examine the relevance of diagnostic laparoscopy in the two-stage approach to surgical management of symptomatic women with higher stage endometriosis following emerging evidence demonstrating acceptable diagnostic performance of alternative less invasive and less expensive imaging modalities. We highlight the relative merits of these presurgical diagnostic imaging modalities and propose strategies that address the challenge of transitioning to a new diagnostic paradigm in the management of symptomatic women with higher stage endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Calvary Public Hospital, ACT, Australia. info@junicimaging.com.au.|JUNIC Specialist Imaging and Women's Center, Canberra, ACT, Australia. info@junicimaging.com.au.
authors.forename: Uche A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Menakaya
authors.affiliation: Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.|Monash IVF, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.|Reproductive Medicine, Monash Health, Clayton, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Luk
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rombauts
authors.affiliation: Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.|University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.|Repromed and Auckland Gynecology Group, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Neil P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina
keywords: 
  UBESS
  ; diagnostic laparoscopy; endometriosis; transvaginal ultrasound