[Celioscopy mortality and morbidity. Retrospective study of a series of 1,429 cases].

The authors carried out a retrospective study of 1,429 coelioscopies performed between September 1984 and December 1987 so as to determine rates of mortality and morbidity. There was no mortality. There were only 3 haemorrhagic events which required laparotomy to achieve haemostasis (0.2%). 1 intubation failure, 5 failures in coelioscopy, 5 uterine perforations, and 5 inconsequential vascular wounds were noted, bringing the overall rare of morbidity to 1.2%. The study confirms the data given in the literature and emphasizes the low risk associated with this method of diagnosis and treatment.