Laparoscopic surgery means surgery performed without opening up the abdominal cavity.
Instead of cutting the abdomen open, surgeons operate through four or five small openings, each about a half inch wide. Several other cannulas allow the surgeon to work inside. Many different types of abdominal surgery can be completed in this fashion, including whole or partial organ removal. Recuperation tends to be swifter when patients undergo laparoscopy as opposed to standard surgery. The current standard treatment for colon cancer is traditional surgery.