A laparoscopy is a surgical procedure that may be used to diagnose and treat various conditions, including endometriosis. During a laparoscopy, a long, thin viewing instrument, called a laparoscope, ...

A laparoscopy is a surgical procedure that examines the organs inside the abdomen, as well as other closed spaces, such as the knees. It’s a low risk, minimally invasive procedure that requires only ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Laparoscopy may have some advantages over laparotomy for ovarian cancer. Results of this review are limited and ...

The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy for young women who present with right iliac fossa pain reduces the rate of negative appendectomy, according to a new study. However, the implementation of ...

Researchers found that, prior to resection, performing a minimally invasive staging procedure on newly diagnosed patients with pancreatic cancer helped identify metastatic disease and cancer stage, ...

Relapse-free survival (RFS) data at 5 years showed that laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy (ODG) in locally advanced gastric cancer, according to ...

Pediatric laparoscopy, often called keyhole surgery, has changed surgical care for children. It allows surgeons to diagnose and treat conditions like appendicitis, ovarian cysts, torsion of the ovary, ...

(HealthDay)—For women with epithelial ovarian cancer, three-year survival rates are similar for women undergoing debulking by laparotomy or laparoscopy, according to a study published in the May issue ...

Tubal sterilization can be performed within 72 hrs of completion of a vaginal delivery. If it is performed at other times it is called interval sterilization. The actual procedure is done in an ...

Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound have been validated previously as staging tools for pancreatic cancer. The aim of this study was to identify if assessment of vascular involvement with ...