laparoscopically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

laparoscopic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

laparoscopically (not comparable)

  1. By means of laparoscopy.
    • 2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times[1]:
      The two flat-screen monitors worked perfectly, on the other hand, affording a full-color, high-definition view of the first patient’s gallbladder, which Dr. Gawande and a surgical resident, Siva Raja, proceeded to remove laparoscopically, after first inserting a fiber-optic camera through a tiny incision in the patient’s abdomen.
    • 2011, Paul H. Lange, Christine Adamec, Prostate Cancer For Dummies:
      Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.