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Abstract

Laparoscopy has emerged as a spin-off to technological advancement in the field of general surgery that not only aims to minimize the operative trauma to the patient but also to consummate the surgical endpoint. It has succeeded in curtailing the length of scars over the patient thus being able to bring less disfigurement to the patient. It has proven frugal to the patients as it reduces the operative period, and stay in the hospital and eases comparatively early resumption of the work. It has taken the edge off the psychological trauma the patient undergoes, thus adding to better surgical outputs. The long learning curve and the intraoperative complications including bleeding have proven arduous but the adoption of new technology has succeeded to master these complications.