In 2009, I had a laparoscopy, two egg retrievals, and a canceled cycle.

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After a laparoscopy, patients often complain of soreness, swelling and gas-related irritation.

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Unlike traditional laparoscopy, single port keyhole surgery requires just one point of entry rather than multiple, and often no scar is left visible at all.

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Now, laparoscopy has largely replaced open surgery.

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We changed into scrubs and Alleyn took me through the sixteen operating rooms to show me the laparoscopy suite, with its flat-screen video monitors, the hybrid operating room with built-in imaging equipment, the surgical robot for minimally invasive robotic surgery.

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