laparoscopy
Americannoun
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laparoscopies
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Origin of laparoscopy
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My surgeon had given me the results of a laparoscopy, which revealed my fallopian tubes were blocked and sperm couldn’t get where it needed to be.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
Henshaw underwent a laparoscopy external-link in December 2020 to confirm the diagnosis and has since gone on the pill, which has helped her manage her cycle and her pain.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
Surgical options range from a minimally invasive laparoscopy procedure to more involved surgery that pulls the stomach back down into the abdomen.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022
Is it worth one more laparoscopy, or have you really truly identified that there is nothing?
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2022
In studies of gynecological robotic surgeries, duration ranged as high as 265 minutes, compared with maximums of 226 minutes for laparoscopy and 187 for open procedures.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
Overall, this happened up to 8 percent of the time in robotic operations and as much as 12 percent in laparoscopies.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
In urologic and gynecologic surgeries, there was almost no difference between robot-assisted operations and laparoscopies in the number of operations that had to be switched to open procedures.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
D’Hooghe’s team carried out laparoscopies on 221 infertile women who had no obvious symptoms.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2015
Harms of pelvic examination include unnecessary laparoscopies or laparotomies, fear, anxiety, embarrassment, pain, and discomfort.
From Forbes ● Jul. 3, 2014
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