0 relating to laparoscopy (= the use of a long thin tube put into a cut made in the body in order to examine inside the body or do an operation):
laparoscopic surgery
A case study of willingness to pay for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Advances in the production and propagation of transgenic goats using laparoscopic ovum pick-up and in vitro embryo production technologies.
Furthermore, laparoscopic surgery is technically more complicated to perform, and its success may be influenced by the experience of the surgical team.
Decisions about the use of laparoscopic repair depend on whether the benefits outweigh the extra costs and intraoperative risks.
This has associated morbidity and mortality, although laparoscopic methods are making it a more attractive option particularly in the older population.
One important event associated with laparoscopic surgery that was not modeled explicitly, owing to a lack of useable data, was the effect of conversion.
Cost estimates of slings, injectables, and laparoscopic colposuspension were calculated by using published data on average length of stay and operation time for these procedures.
It is also likely that laparoscopic resection has some short-term advantages in terms of recovery in the postoperative period (12).
