Summary Seventy‐five consecutive patients had a laparoscopic ovarian biopsy and were examined critically in order to evaluate this procedure in the investigation and treatment of infertility and amenorrhoea. It was concluded that the tissue removed by biopsy was not necessarily representative of the histological structure of the whole ovary; that the laparoscopic appearance of the ovaries offered equally valuable information; that the procedure was not free from hazards which outweighed its diagnostic usefulness except in certain clearly defined conditions such as primary amenorrhoea; and that it may have had some therapeutic effect in patients with the polycystic ovary syndrome.
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