# Laparoscopy (keyhole surgery)

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## TL;DR

Operating or looking inside the abdomen through a few small holes with a camera, instead of one large incision.

## Summary

Laparoscopic resection is oncologically equivalent to open surgery for colon, gastric, kidney and endometrial cancer, with faster recovery, though not for cervical cancer (LACC). Staging laparoscopy before gastric or pancreatic surgery finds peritoneal metastases missed by CT in 10-20% of patients and washes the abdomen for cytology, sparing them a non-curative operation. Robotic surgery is laparoscopy with wristed instruments and a console.

## Fields

- Kind: Term
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: laparoscopic; staging laparoscopy; diagnostic laparoscopy; keyhole surgery; laparoscopically; peritoneal cytology

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laparoscopy
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laparoscopy

## Connected records

- terms: [Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic, VATS)](https://onco.cc/terms/minimally-invasive-surgery/), [Peritoneum and peritoneal metastases](https://onco.cc/terms/peritoneum/)
- fronts: [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- technologies: [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/), [Surgery for gallbladder cancer: simple versus radical cholecystectomy, re-resection and lymphadenectomy](https://onco.cc/technologies/gallbladder-cancer-surgery/)
- cancers: [Gallbladder cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gallbladder/), [Locally advanced cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/locally-advanced-cervical-cancer/), [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/)
- trials: [POLCAGB](https://onco.cc/trials/polcagb/)

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