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What do they do during laparoscopy surgery for endometriosis?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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Steps: anesthesia, small port openings, introduce carbon dioxide to allow exposure, introduce devices to view and work, visualize abnormalities, cauterize, remove, drain, Lyse adhesions, remove cysts are all possibilities, then close port sites

Answered 9/30/2018

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