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The abdomen should rarely be opened for the purposes of making a diagnosis; in almost all circumstances a firm provisional diagnosis should be made prior to the procedure.

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Monaghan, J.M. (1987). Scope of Laparotomy. In: Stanton, S.L. (eds) Principles of Gynaecological Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1446-8_8

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