What is laparoscopy?

Laparoscopy refers to the use of a thin camera and instruments inserted through small incisions in the abdomen to perform operations that had been done with large incisions in the past. Today we are able to perform most abdominal operations this way.

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Reviewed by: Leopoldo Malvezzi, MD

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