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laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Removal of the gallbladder using a laparoscope, a fiberoptical instrument inserted through the abdomen.
Mentioned in: General Surgery

laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Lap chole Surgery The laparoscopic removal of a gallbladder though a small abdominal wall incision. See Laparoscopy.


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19) Nonetheless, the Zeus system still represented an improvement over traditional laparoscopic instrumentation, and many successful procedures have been performed with it, including the first transcontinental robot-assisted laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
She underwent emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy that was complicated by laceration of the common bile duct.
As with MRA, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was primarily represented as a costeffective technology because of the reduction in hospital stay.
 
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