Abstract:Objectives: To determine correlation between macroscopic appearances of superficial endometriotic lesions noted at laparoscopy and the final histopathology diagnosis. Methods: A prospective cohort study involving consecutive women with chronic pelvic pain who underwent laparoscopy between January 2015 -December 2016. The laparoscopic findings were recorded in terms of location, number and morphological description (i.e. red spot, white spot, pocket and/or fibrous adhesion) of the endometriotic lesions. These f… Show more
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