[Diagnostic laparoscopy in pregnant women]. / Diagnosticheskaia laparoskopiia u beremennykh.

54 laparoscopic examinations were performed in 52 pregnant women when acute surgical diseases of the abdomen were suspected. When the suspicions of acute surgical diseases in pregnant women are substantiated, diagnostic laparoscopy has high diagnostic potential and is safe for the mother and fetus. This method permits to avoid unnecessary open operations, and also to perform simple operations through laparoscope.