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laparoscopy
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laparoscopy

 or peritoneoscopy

Procedure for inspecting the abdominal cavity using a laparoscope; also surgery requiring use of a laparoscope. Laparoscopes use fibre-optic lights and small video cameras to show tissues and organs on a monitor. Laparoscopic surgical procedures include gallbladder, appendix, and tumour removal; tubal ligation; and hysterectomy. After carbon dioxide is pumped in to expand the space for the instruments, small incisions are made and the laparoscope and instruments inserted. Less invasive than traditional (open) surgery, laparoscopy reduces postoperative pain, recovery time, and length of hospital stay.
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Unlike the da Vinci system, the Zeus system is outfitted with 5-mm instruments and a 10-mm three-dimensional laparoscope.
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An eerie sense that the building's brain lies behind that door is enhanced by the lantern, which moves like a laparoscope withdrawing from an esophagus--though the mysterious scene is less clinical than evocative of a certain subconscious vulnerability.
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Pest-control operators can then drill into a wall and insert a fiberoptic camera, essentially a laparoscope, to confirm the insects' presence.
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