STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and therapy of @entity249 . DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Academically affiliated reproductive endocrinology practice. @entity1 : One hundred seventy @entity1 . INTERVENTION: Diagnostic/therapeutic laparoscopy. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: One hundred seventy @entity249 @entity1 underwent diagnostic laparoscopy between 1996 and 2000 in our clinic, and 109 of them were seen at follow-up more than 1 year after laparoscopy. Of the 109 @entity1 , 77 (70.6%) were treated with assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer, and 32 (29.4%) were treated with conventional procedures. Of the 109 @entity1 , 68 (62.4%), including 39 (50.6%) of the 77 treated with assisted reproductive technology and 29 (90.6%) of the 32 treated with conventional procedures, became pregnant. Of the 68 @entity1 who became pregnant, 49 (72.1%) of them conceived within 1 year after laparoscopy. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopy is an important procedure in the treatment of @entity249 .

Diagnostic laparoscopy in XXXX : a retrospective study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity249 :: ('MESH:D007246', 'Disease') :: ['infertility', 'infertile']
@entity249 :: (MESH:D007246,Disease) :: ['infertility']
