Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common medical problem affecting women. Too often the physical signs are not specific. This study aims at determining the accuracy of diagnostic laparoscopy over clinical pelvic examination.A retrospective study of patients who underwent diagnostic laparoscopy for CPP.The medical records of 86 women who underwent laparoscopic evaluation for CPP of at least 6-month duration were reviewed for presentation of symptoms, pelvic examination findings at the admission, operative findings and follow up when available.McNemar Chi-square test for frequencies in a 2 × 2 table.The most common presentation was acyclic lower abdominal pain (79.1

作者：Shripad, Hebbar；Chander, Chawla

来源：Journal of minimal access surgery 2005 年 1卷 3期