Culdoscopy is an endoscopic procedure in which a culdoscope is introduced through the posterior wall of the vagina to examine the rectouterine pouch and the pelvic organs. Its name comes from cul-de-sac, the French term for the rectouterine pouch that the procedure is designed to reach.
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Culdoscopy is an endoscopic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall.
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The procedure was inaugurated by Albert Decker in 1939 and became popular after his reported experience in 1944.
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