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Diagnostic measures for gynecologic disorders also include the following tests, which can be performed in the physician’s office:
❑ wet smear to examine vaginal secretions for specific organisms, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and Candida albicans, or to evaluate semen specimens collected in connection with rape or infertility cases
❑ endometrial biopsy to assess hormonal secretions of the corpus luteum, to determine whether normal ovulation is occurring, and to check for neoplasia
❑ dilatation and curettage with hysteroscopy to evaluate atypical bleeding and to detect carcinoma.
Laparoscopy, used to evaluate infertility, dysmenorrhea, and pelvic pain, and as a means of sterilization, is usually performed in a health care facility while the patient is under anesthesia. Increasingly, however, it’s being performed as a less invasive procedure under conscious sedation in an office setting using microlaparoscopic technique.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
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