[Laparoscopy in urology]

In the introduction the author analyzes the history of laparoscopy and explains the ways and means how the originally purely diagnostic method developed gradually into a modern, minimally invasive endoscopic surgical technique which with increasing frequency is used by gynaecologists, surgeons as well as urologists. Next the author discusses contemporary indications of laparoscopic operations in urology, he makes the reader familiar with instruments required for surgery and technical principles of its implementation. The author mentions the causes of possible complications and draws attention to contraindications of the operation. In the conclusion he evaluates the perspectives of further development of laparoscopic operations in urology.