The Instrument Tips in Laparoscopic Instruments Are Designed to Produce

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Multiple Choice

The instrument tips in laparoscopic instruments are designed to produce the same tissue effects as a traditional instrument used for open surgery.Because of the process challenges of the laparoscopic approach,it is time-consuming to insert and withdraw instruments repeatedly during the procedure.Instrument manufacturers have attempted to make their products efficient by combining functions.An appropriate combined function for a laparoscopic instrument would be:

• A) ultrasound capability in a suturing forceps.
• B) electrosurgery conduction through the tips of a Babcock grasper.
• C) blunt dissection with the smooth,rounded edge of the closed endoscopic scissors.
• D) suction and irrigation combined with an argon beam coagulation handpiece.

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