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Definition of Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1. Noun. Removal of the gall bladder through small punctures in the abdomen to permit the insertion of a laparoscope and surgical instruments.

Medical Definition of Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1. Surgery to remove a diseased gallbladder through a laparoscope. A fibreoptic scope is inserted through a small incision by the navel. Instruments are inserted through two more smaller incisions. The gallbladder is localised and removed through the laparoscope. The patient is usually home within 24 hours after surgery. Symptoms are improved in over 90% of patients. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Literary usage of Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"The adoption of laparoscopic cholecystectomy appears to have been associated with an ... These studies also have found that laparoscopic cholecystectomy is ..."

2. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"laparoscopic cholecystectomy during the third trimester is not advisable. In 1992, the Office of Medical Applications of Research and the National Institute ..."

3. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"Both ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be necessary if common duct and ... Currently, most patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy are not ..."

4. A Disease-Based Comparison of Health Systems: What is Best and at what Cost? by OECD, OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, OECD. (2003)
"An important reason for lower resource utilization per case in the US was the more rapid adoption and dissemination of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ..."

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