Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

Doctors at Elantis Healthcare successfully removed 1.2 kg of uterine fibroids from a 28-year-old woman using laparoscopic ...

Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...

Scovill, who taught surgery at University of Maryland Medical School and was later head of general surgery ... where he pioneered laparoscopic procedures for gall bladder operations.

Laparoscopic wedge resection is recommended for GISTs larger than 4 cm due to higher ... However, according to a study published in The World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, LR is specifically ...