Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery, Band-Aid surgery or keyhole surgery, is a technique in which operations are performed far from their location through small incisions elsewhere in the body.

There are a number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery when compared with the more common, open procedure.Pain and hemorrhaging are reduced due to smaller incisions, and recovery times are shorter.Laparoscopic surgery uses a laparoscope, a long fiber-optic cable system, to let the surgeon view the affected area by snaking the cable from a more distant, but more easily accessible location.