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How long is recovery from pelvic laparoscopy?
7 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Short time: Advantage of laparoscopic surgery to open surgery, besides not having a long scar is early recovery , most of them recover in a day or so, if extensive pelvic dissection is done may take another day or two.
Answered 8/5/2012
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It depends: For simple diagnostic laparoscopy - including some division of scar tissue, it is a outpatient procedure that you can recover from within a few days - if there is no complication.
Answered 12/28/2016
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It depends: For simple diagnostic laparoscopy - including some division of scar tissue, it is an outpatient procedure that you can recover from within a few days - if there is no complication.
Answered 12/18/2014
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One week: Laparoscopy is an outpatient procedure. You will need effective pain medication for 48 to 72 hours. Depending on your occupation and activities you should by in full swing within a week.
Answered 12/9/2013
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