تلخیص
Objective:To evaluate the cause of chronic pelvic years. Most of these women were married
pain in women with diagnostic laparoscopy. (90.47%) and nulliparous (50.79%).On
Methodology:This Prospective descriptivestudy laparoscopic examination, pathological lesions
was conducted in Ghulam Mohammad Mahar were detected in 52(82.53%) patients while
Medical College Hospital and Hira Medical 11(17.46%) patients had negative laparoscopy
Centre, Sukkur, Pakistan, during a period of two and were re-evaluated for other causes of
years from May 2011 to April 2013. It included 63 pain.Out of 52 positive laparoscopies,
patients presenting with chronic pelvic pain for tuberculosis was found in 17(26.98%), pelvic
more than six months duration. Women with inflammatory disease (PID)in 13(20.63%),
chronic pelvic pain who had pelvic pathological endometriosis in 9(14.28%), pelvic adhesions in6
lesions detected on clinical and or ultrasound (9.52%), benign ovarian cysts in 5(7.93%) and
examination were excluded. All were assessed by polycystic ovarian disease in 2(3.17%) patients.
pelvic examination and pelvic ultrasonography Conclusion:Laparoscopy is a useful diagnostic
and a C.T scan, if indicated. Patients were tool for women with chronic pelvic pain and can be
evaluated for other causes of pain like used as a guideline for individualized treatment.
gastrointestinal, urological and musculoskeletal, (Rawal Med J 2013;38:397-400 ).
before diagnostic laparoscopy was performed. Keywords:Diagnostic laparoscopy, chronic
Clinical, ultrasonographic and laparoscopic data pelvic pain, pelvic tuberculosis, endometriosis,
was collected and analyzed using SPSS v. 14. P.I.D.
Results:Patients age ranged between 26-35