laparoscopic surgery
Laparoscopic surgery uses small incisions, a camera, and long instruments to operate inside the abdomen or pelvis without the large opening open surgery requires.
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206 matcheslaparoscopic-assisted colectomy
Surgery done with the aid of a laparoscope to remove all or part of the colon through several small incisions made in the wall of the abdomen.
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Surgery done with the aid of a laparoscope.
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Trading one long wound for several small ones changes the recovery far more than it changes the operation performed inside.
Read definitionlarge cell carcinoma
Lung cancer in which the cells are large and look abnormal when viewed under a microscope.
Read definitionlaryngoscopy
Laryngoscopy is a procedure to directly view the larynx, either with a hand held mirror or with a lighted instrument called a laryngoscope.
Read definitionliposarcoma
Liposarcoma is a cancer arising from fat-cell precursors that most often develops in the deep soft tissue of a limb or the abdomen.
Read definitionliquid-based Pap test
A type of Pap test.
Read definitionliver metastasis
The liver filters blood arriving straight from the gut, which is why so many cancers place their first distant deposit there.
Read definitionlow grade
A term used to describe cells that look nearly normal under a microscope.
Read definitionlubricant
A lubricant reduces friction between surfaces, and in medical use it eases insertion or movement of instruments, catheters, or tissue against tissue.
Read definitionlumpectomy
A lumpectomy removes a breast tumor along with a margin of surrounding normal tissue while preserving as much of the breast as possible.
Read definitionlung biopsy
The step that converts a shadow on a scan into a name, and the point at which treatment can finally be planned.
Read definitionlung cancer
Tobacco smoke drives most cases, yet the disease also arises in people who never smoked, usually as adenocarcinoma.
Read definitionlung metastasis
Cancer that has traveled to the lung from somewhere else, keeping the identity of the organ it started in.
Read definitionlymphadenectomy
Taking out lymph nodes to learn whether cancer has reached them, an operation now used far more sparingly than it once was.
Read definitionlymphoblastic
A word about appearance under the microscope that decides which disease a cancer of lymphocytes is, and how fast it must be treated.
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Ink brushed onto the specimen is what keeps the true cut surface identifiable once the tissue has been sliced.
Read definitionmarker
Markers are measurable substances or traits that clinicians track to gauge whether a disease is present, progressing, or responding to treatment.
Read definitionmedullary breast carcinoma
A rare type of breast cancer that often can be treated successfully.
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