Endoscopy in Gynecology: Past, present, and future.

摘要

Endoscopy is now an essential part of gynecologic surgery. Historically, gynecologic endoscopy began in the 1930s with the development of diagnostic laparoscopy, but it was not until the 1960s that operative laparoscopy was introduced, primarily for tubal sterilization. It took at least a decade for the development of techniques to treat pelvic disease endoscopically, but by the latter part of the last century, gynecologic endoscopy, both laparoscopy and hys-teroscopy, had become an essential part of gynecologic surgery.