[Laparoscopy, hysteroresectoscopy and laser surgery in the correction of development defects of the genitalia]

Clinical status, the major parameters characterizing the course of surgery, early postoperative period, immediate and late results of treatment are analyzed in 261 patients. Besides the routine methods, endoscopic methods (laparoscopy and hysteroresectoscopy) were used at the principal stages of the operation in 97 patients, and in 18 more patients CO2 laser was used for metroplasty. Use of present-day equipment and methods facilitates surgical repair of developmental defects of the genitals, reduces the duration of the operation, decreases blood loss, shortens hospital stay, appreciably improves the efficacy of surgical treatment, and places the operations for correction of developmental defects among those available for surgeons who mastered the endoscopic methods. Hence, modern endoscopic methods may be effectively used for both the differential diagnosis of developmental defects of the genitals and for surgical repair thereof.