Operative Laparoscopy

Equipment; laparoscopic equipment; endoscopy equipment - maintenance and management technique; physiologic considerations during anaesthesia for laparoscopy; office laparoscopic sterilization under local anaesthesia; basic operative technique; electrophysics in endoscopy; biophysics of electrical energy; applied electrophysics in laparoscopy; lasers in endoscopy; applied physics - lasers in endoscopy; equipment; the CO2 laser; laparoscopic use of the KTP/YAG laser; the argon laser in gynaecologic operative laparoscopy; Nd - YAG laser laparoscopy; infertility; operative laparoscopy for tubal disease; ectopic pregnancy - linear salpingostomy; endometriosis; laparoscopic excision of endometriosis by sharp dissection; pelvic abscesses; management of the pelvic mass by operative laparoscopy; management of adhesions via laparoscopy; abdominal intrauterine device removal; suturing and ligation; myomectomy and appendectomy; laparoscopic myomectomy; laparoscopic appendectomy, myomectomy, bowel resection and presacral neurectomy; specimen removal during laparoscopic surgery; laparoscopic presacral neurectomy; laparoscopic sterilization; nongynaecologic uses; laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy; complications of operative laparoscopy; medicolegal; documentation; documentation for endoscopy; documentation in laparoscopy. Appendices: colour atlas of photographic documentation; equipment and manufacturers.