Laparoscopic Surgery
Current as of: November 7, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine & E. Gregory Thompson MD – Internal Medicine & Kenneth Bark MD – General Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Laparoscopy (say “lap-uh-ROSS-kuh-pee”) is surgery that is done through small cuts (incisions) in your belly. To do this type of surgery, a doctor puts a lighted tube, or scope, and other surgical tools through small incisions in your belly. The doctor can take out organs such as the spleen, the gallbladder, the…