Over the last five years, data are emerging that laparoscopic lysis of adhesions (i.e., surgery to remove scar tissue from the abdomen) is safer than an open surgical technique, as well as being lower in cost.
In the National Inpatient Survey done in 2004, the laparoscopic approach had a mortality rate of 2% compared to 3.4% for open cases. There were also 25% fewer complications in the laparoscopic approach than the open approach and the overall cost was less in the laparoscopic cases.
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