Laparoscopy is a well known minimal invasive surgery. This procedure places ports, which vary in size from 5 mm (less than 1/4 of an inch) to 12 mm (less than 1/2 an inch), throughout the abdomen. A Port is a point of entrance established with a trocar. A trocar is a surgical instrument used to enter cavities consisting of a tube, either metalic or plastic, into which fits an obturator. Subsequently, the obturator is removed and the tube is used to place either a telescope or surgical instruments.
