Not all hernias require surgery, but if they become painful or interfere with someone’s quality of life, surgery is ...

Surgeons usually perform both procedures laparoscopically. This method involves inserting tools, including a laparoscope (lighted scope with a camera), through several small incisions in your ...

This is a minimally invasive procedure that plays a significant role in assessing the extent of the cancer. Staging laparoscopy is done with small incisions (cuts) through which a laparoscope—a thin, ...

A fibroid breaking down (degenerating) may cause severe bleeding in rare cases. Laparoscope radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a procedure that uses heat to destroy fibroid tissue and significantly ...

They put a thin tube called a laparoscope through one of the cuts. The tube has a camera attached. The surgeon can see the pictures of the inside of your abdomen on a TV screen. Through the other cuts ...

So, there's a little bit of magic when you put the laparoscope in, and you take a deep breath, and you say, "It all looks the same,"" Dr. Stevens added. Dr. Stevens says she's able to pay her own ...

The most common sterilisation technique uses a laparoscope - a thin metal 'telescope' - which is passed through a tiny incision in your stomach so the surgeon can see your tubes. Through another ...

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A laparoscopy can remove lesions, adhesions and scar tissue. A hysterectomy with the removal of ovaries may be recommended as a last resort. Endometriosis surgery is usually performed via a ...