Laparoscopy

Minimally invasive surgery, also often known as laparoscopic surgery, utilizes a small telescope and a variety of long, thin surgical instruments placed through 3-5 incisions (each of which is usually no larger than a dime in size) instead of much larger incisions. The surgeon is able to perform minimally invasive surgery for a variety of urologic diseases and problems. These procedures provide the same diagnostic and therapeutic benefits of traditional open surgery along with reduced postoperative pain, shorter hospitalization, faster recovery, and better cosmetic results.

Minimally invasive surgery has been applied to a multitude of benign (non-cancerous) and malignant (oncologic or cancerous) urologic problems, including those of the kidney, adrenal gland, ureter, bladder, prostate, and lymph nodes.