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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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Laparoscopy Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endosopic Surgeons http://www.sages.org/sages.html

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