What is laparoscopic surgery

What is laparoscopic surgery?
Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgical technique used in the abdominal and pelvic area. It uses a laparoscope — a long, thin, telescopic rod with a camera on the end — to look inside your body without opening it all the way. Instead of the 6- to 12-inch incisions that open surgery requires, laparoscopic surgery uses smaller incisions of two to four and a half inches or less. One for the camera and the other for the surgical instruments. Minimally invasive surgery may also be called "keyhole surgery," referring to these small incisions.