While you’re under general anesthesia, your surgeon will make four small incisions. These will each be about ½-inch long in your lower abdomen. Your belly will be filled with carbon dioxide gas to help the surgeon see inside your abdomen.

The surgeon will then place a laparoscope into one of the incisions. A laparoscope is a thin, lighted tube with a camera on one end. Small instruments will be placed into the other incisions.

If the surgery is being done robotically, your surgeon will control the instruments remotely using a robotic arm.

Your surgeon may cut your fibroids into small pieces to remove them. If they are too large, your surgeon may change to an abdominal myomectomy and make a larger incision in your abdomen.

Afterward, your surgeon will remove the instruments, release the gas, and close your incisions. Most women who have this procedure stay in the hospital for one night. Laparoscopic Myomectomy Performed by Prof. Dr. R. K. Mishra, Laparoscopy Hospital, New Delhi, India. Learn more about Laparoscopic Myomectomy at http://www.laparoscopyhospital.com