31. Traditional surgery is also more expensive, although it takes less time than a laparoscopy . 32. Only about 1 percent or 2 percent of those operations are laparoscopies , Orkin said. 33. Laparoscopy is infrequently used to diagnose pelvic inflammatory disease since it is not readily available.34. Laparoscopy , besides being used for diagnosis, can also be used to perform surgery.35. Different types of tuboplasty have been developed and can be applied by laparoscopy or laparotomy. 36. Raoul Palmer introduced the use of the Veress needle in laparoscopy to establish a pneumoperitoneum. 37. She may have had a laparoscopy , as a scar was located on her stomach. 38. Gynecological endoscopy is performed using at least one of two methods : hysteroscopy and laparoscopy . 39. Colonoscopy is performed by a gastroenterologist or surgeon while laparoscopy is usually performed by a gynecologist. 40. Laparoscopies are being used increasingly to treat a variety of conditions that formerly required major operations.
