laparoscopically

English

Etymology

From laparoscopic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

laparoscopically (not comparable)

1. By means of laparoscopy.
   • 2007 April 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.”, in New York Times‎:

     The two flat-screen monitors worked perfectly, on the other hand, affording a full-color, high-definition view of the first patient’s gallbladder, which Dr. Gawande and a surgical resident, Siva Raja, proceeded to remove laparoscopically, after first inserting a fiber-optic camera through a tiny incision in the patient’s abdomen.

   • 2011, Paul H. Lange, Christine Adamec, Prostate Cancer For Dummies:

     Doctors can perform prostatectomies in one of three different ways: perineally, retropubically, or laparoscopically.