It was also often wrongly called "Laser Surgery" because the early users emphasized the use of lasers (more fashionable and high tech then) rather than the small size of the laparoscopic technique .

Laparoscopic surgery is now firmly established as the operation of choice or Gold standard for treatment of most gynecological problems needing surgery. The results below are from KK Hospital, the largest Women's hospital in Singapore and illustrate a clear trend towards acceptance of what was once considered a new and unreliable technique.

http://www.endozone.org/display.asp?page=congress_ISGE2003-Yap

	Besides the acceptance in treatment of :

• Ectopic pregnancies
• Pain due to adhesions
• Ovarian cysts (non-cancerous only)
• Endometriosis

	Laparoscopy also has a major role in the treatment of :

• Uterine Fibroids
• Uterine diseases needing hysterectomy eg adenomyosis
• Early uterine cancers
• Urinary stress incontinence

	Laparoscopy may in the future, when techniques improve, have a significant role in:

• Uterine prolapse
• Early cervical cancer