Intervention: Culdoscopy
Sagittal section of the lower part of a female trunk, right segment. (Pouch of Douglas labeled at bottom right.)
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ICD-9 code:	70.22
MeSH	D003464
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Culdoscopy is a medical diagnostic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall.^[1] The word culdoscopy (and culdoscope) is derived from the phrase cul-de-sac, which means literally in French "bottom of a sac". More accuratly, the name hints to a blind pouch or cavity in the female body that is closed at one end and, in a more specific sense, refers to the rectouterine pouch (or called the pouch of Douglas).^[2]

Culdoscopy is an important gynecological diagnostic technique, is gaining wide acceptance. The name is derived from the posterior cul-de-sac, a space behind the female cervix where it is possible, under local anesthesia, to insert a small illuminated telescope through which one may inspect the pelvic organs, without having to resort to a major abdominal operation, as was formerly necessary. Conditions diagnosable by culdoscopy include tubal adhesions (causing sterility), ectopic pregnancy, salpingitis, and appendicitis.

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