Doctors are stretching the boundaries of laparoscopic surgical technique, which involves inserting a light and a camera into the body, to develop new surgeries that leave few -- if any -- visible scars.
Instead of entering the body through the abdomen, which can leave scars, a dozen surgeons across the country have taken laparoscopic surgery to a new level -- the improved flexibility of the instruments allow them to go through the bellybutton.
The new technique, called single port access, has been used to remove all bladders, ovaries, uteruses, kidneys, spleens and appendixes. Doctors have also used the technique to repair hernias and colons.
"We've always been looking for something better, and as this developed over the past six months," Dr. Paul Crucillo at the Drexel University College of Medicine told ABC "World News." "I really think this is going to be the next step in minimally invasive surgery, and it's really something great to offer patients."
ABC News: Going Under the Knife Without the Scars?
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