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Diagnostic laparoscopy

S C Sessions¹, D G vonRueden, A Uribe

¹Department of Surgery, Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Center, Wynnewood, PA.

Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery

|December 1, 1991

Abstract:

Laparoscopy is a unique procedure which can be used in diagnostic or therapeutic situations involving intra-abdominal pathology. Until recently, open laparotomy has been the preferred method for such evaluations. The following cases indicate the increased sensitivity, specificity, safety, and cost effectiveness of laparoscopy in diagnostic situations.

Keywords:

Diagnostic laparoscopy Intra-abdominal conditions Minimally invasive surgery Abdominal diagnostics

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