kõhuõõneelundite vaatlus ja kirurgilised protseduurid laparoskoobi abil, endoskoopiline kirurgiline meetod, mille puhul kõhukatteid ei avata suure lõikega, vaid läbi väikeste avauste viiakse kõhuõõnde optiline instrument ja spetsiaalsed endoskoopilised riistad, a surgical procedure in which a fibre-optic instrument is inserted through the abdominal wall to view the organs in the abdomen or permit small-scale surgery, a type of surgical procedure in which a small incision is made, usually in the navel, through which a viewing tube (laparoscope) is inserted