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Laparoscopic surgery, also called keyhole surgery (when natural body openings are not used), bandaid surgery, or minimally invasive surgery (MIS), is a surgical technique. Medically, laparoscopic surgery refers only to operations within the abdomen or pelvic cavity. Laparoscopic surgery belongs to the field of endoscopy. Cholecystectomy as seen through a laparoscope A laparoscope consists of a Hopkins rod lens system , that is usually connected to a videocamera- single chip or three ch ...
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Resources
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endosopic Surgeons)
- Hysteroscopy - ACOG Publication #AP084 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Laparoscopy (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Laparoscopy - ACOG Publication #AP061 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Pelvic Pain - ACOG Publication #AP099 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)

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