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laparoscopic surgery
(redirected from Laproscope)

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Laparoscopic surgery; keyhole surgery
Surgery that utilizes a laparoscope with a video camera and surgical instruments inserted through small incisions.

laparoscopic surgery
The use of a fiberoptic laparoscope and specialized instruments to diagnose and/or treat 'surgical' disease. See Laparoscopic staging, Paradoxical movement.


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