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
This reflects the popularity of the laparoscopic sterilization.
Open appendectomy was always performed using a right lower quadrant muscle-splitting incision, and the laparoscopic procedure was similar in the eight studies.
To these ends, the use of microsurgical laparoscopic techniques for surgical and catheter interventions offers promise.
The risk of laparoscopic sterilization is definitely lower than that of pregnancy and delivery.
The increase since the late 1980s coincided with the introduction of minimally invasive procedures, especially laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
As with all laparoscopic surgery, there is a learning curve and a long operating time may be needed initially, but this usually decreases with experience.
A recent retrospective review compared the outcomes of open or laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy versus endoscopic stenting for malignant gastric outlet obstruction.
It is also likely that laparoscopic resection has some short-term advantages in terms of recovery in the postoperative period (12).
