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What is a Laparoscope and How is it Used for Laparoscopic

A Laparoscope is a small, thin tube with a camera at the tip that is put into your body through a tiny cut made just below your navel Your surgeon can then see your gallbladder on a television screen and do the surgery with tools inserted in three other small cuts made in the right upper part of your abdomen.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a procedure in which the gallbladder is removed bylaparoscopic techniques. Laparoscopic surgery also referred to as minimally invasive surgery involves the performance of surgical procedures with the assistance of a video camera and several thin instruments.

During a laparoscopic surgical procedure, small incisions of up to half an inch are made and plastic tubes called ports are placed through these incisions. The camera and the instruments are then introduced through the ports which allow access to the inside of the patient. The camera transmits an image of the organs inside the abdomen onto a television monitor.The surgeon is not able to see directly into the patient without the traditional large incision. The video camera becomes a surgeon’s eyes in laparoscopy surgery, since the surgeon uses the image from the video camera positioned inside the patient’s body to perform the procedure.