en Endoscopy Endoscopy Review Article Review Article In this paper, we discuss the present situation of laparoscopy in gynecology. There is no doubt that hospital stay, postoperative pain and convalescence are less when it is possible to treat gynecologic disease via laparoscopy. However, for reaching the final conclusion about the other effects of this kind of surgery, e.g., adhesion formation after operation, pregnancy rate, etc., a series of prospective and randomized studies to compare laparoscopy with conventional surgery (laparotomy) are needed. Operative laparoscopy, Gynecology endoscopy 275 280 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-366&slc_lang=en&sid=1 HORMOZ DABIRASHRAFI 20031947532846005124 20031947532846005124 Yes From the Endoscopy and Fertility Resecuch Center, Mirza Kouchek Khan Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. SAMAN ZOMORRODIAN 20031947532846005125 20031947532846005125 No