"Laparoscopy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy.
| Descriptor ID |
D010535
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.388.250.520 E04.502.250.520
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| Concept/Terms |
Laparoscopy- Laparoscopy
- Laparoscopies
- Celioscopy
- Celioscopies
- Peritoneoscopy
- Peritoneoscopies
Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic- Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic
- Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure
- Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical
- Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical
- Surgery, Laparoscopic
- Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgeries
- Surgeries, Laparoscopic
- Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery
- Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries
- Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted
- Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
- Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Laparoscopy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Laparoscopy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2011 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2013 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2015 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2018 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2021 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2022 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Laparoscopy" by people in Profiles.
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Rise in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Is Associated With Adoption of Robotic Surgery. Dis Colon Rectum. 2025 Apr 01; 68(4):426-436.
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Procedure time-of-day effects on postoperative opioid requirements in children. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025 Jan; 69(1):e14551.
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Laparoscopy-assisted versus open surgery for low rectal cancer (LASRE): 3-year survival outcomes of a multicentre, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Jan; 10(1):34-43.
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Laparoscopic Cytoreduction After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in High-Grade Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A LANCE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2446325.
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Assessing minimally invasive simple hysterectomy in low risk cervical cancer: set up for the LASH trial. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Nov 04; 34(11):1805-1808.
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Approach to radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer after the Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer trial and associated complications: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb; 232(2):208.e1-208.e11.
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Surgical management of an ectopic pregnancy in the setting of an unexpected M?llerian anomaly: intraoperative and postoperative implications. Fertil Steril. 2024 Nov; 122(5):951-953.
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Comparison of robotic and laparoscopic surgery for sigmoid colon and rectal cancer: a single-center retrospective study on surgical outcomes and long-term survival. J Robot Surg. 2024 Jul 29; 18(1):299.
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ASO Author Reflections: The More We See the More We are Capable of Seeing: Optimal Minimally Invasive Management of de Novo Pancreas Cancer After Prior Laparoscopic Whipple for Pancreas Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31(10):7072-7073.
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Outcomes of same-day discharge in bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2024 Sep; 38(9):5122-5129.