Diagnosis by laparoscopy had a sensitivity of 82%, compared with 78% for standard diagnostic procedures.
Patients who underwent diagnostic laparoscopy spent a mean of 1.4 days (standard deviation, SD=0.14) in hospital before diagnosis compared with 2.3 days (SD=0.31) for those in the comparator group, (p=0.009).
The mean time in pain was 9.2 days (SD=15.1) for patients who underwent diagnostic laparoscopy compared with 9.5 days (SD 13.8) for patients who underwent standard diagnostic procedures.
The maximum temperature of patients who underwent diagnostic laparoscopy was higher than that in patients who underwent standard diagnosis procedures, 36.7 degrees C (SD=0.5) compared with 36.5 degrees C (SD=0.9).