Laparoscopic/Surgery Terms

• -A laparoscopic procedure that allows for visualization
• of areas of interest for observation and diagnosis
• -Only one primary puncture is performed

• -Laparoscopic procedure involving corrective surgery
• -Three, four or more cannulas are inserted into the abdomen

the introduction of gas, carbon dioxide, into the abdominal or peritoneal cavity

Device used to facilitate the introduction of carbon dioxide into the abdomen to create a pneumoperitoneum. Same as a insufflation needle

Lying on back with face up

Lying supine with the head of the table tilted down 20 – 30 degrees

Electrocautery device that transfers electrical current between two poles or tips

Laparoscopic entry into the abdomen that is not done under direct vision

A trocar that does not have a cutting tip

A small tube for insertion into a body cavity or the abdominal wall

A device that allows tissue to be cauterized by an electrical current

Looped suture ligature used to occlude small tubular structures during laparoscopy

Medical device that uses ultrasounds moving 55,000 times per second to denature collagen and seal vessels

Fiber optic cable that attached from the light source to a laparoscope for illumination of the surgical site.

• Device used to facilitate the introduction of carbon dioxide into
• the abdomen to create a pneumoperitoneum

Electrocautery device that transfers electrical current from a tip through a patient to a ground pad placed on the patient.

A device that blocks the opening of a trocar that is being introduced through the abdominal wall.

• A sharp-pointed instrument fitted with a cannula used to insert the cannula
• through the abdominal wall.