Endocoagulation: a new filed of endoscopic surgery.

Pelviscopy was predominantly concerned with diagnostic procedures until recent years. Modern electronically controlled coagulation instruments, such as the crocodile forceps and the point coagulator, permit the application of destructive heat without any risk of electric current within the abdominal cavity. The electronically regulated apparatus for these coagulation instruments is the Endo-Coagulator, which indicates the coagulation temperature optically and acoustically. The endocoagulation technique opens a new area of operative gynecology. In the field of sterility operations, adhesion cuttings and the treatment of endometriotic and juvenile ovarian cysts, the application of modern endocoagulation has reduced the frequency of laparotomy by about 30% to 40%.