A laparoscopic approach offers several advantages over an open procedures; potentially reduces the surgical stress and fluid shifts that may accompany it; in addition there is less need for postoperative analgesia, reduction of postoperative respiratory and wound complications; shortens postoperative convalescence, including an intensive care unit stay; rapid return to normal diet and decreased overall hospital stay. Laparoscopic procedures in children can be done for number of indications
Procedures using minimally invasive surgery include;
Laparoscopic (through the abdominal wall):

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1. Diagnostic Laparoscopy
2. Adhesiolysis
3. Fundoplication
4. Heller’s Cardiomyotmy
5. Nephrectomy
6. Pull through for Hirschsprung’s disease
7. Pull through for ARM
8. Chloecystectomy
9. Hernia
10. Undescended Testis
11. Appendectomy 
12. Meckel’s diverticulectomy
13. Ovarian cystectomy
14. Splenectomy
15. Adrenal tumor removal
16. Pyloromyotomy
17. Malrotation
18. Intussusception reduction
19. Pyeloplasty 
20. Uereterolithotomy
21. Cross testicular ectopia.
22. Heminephrectomy
23. Gastrojejunostomy
24. Mesenteric node biopsy
25. Pancreatectomy for Congenital Hyperinsulinism of infancy
26. Pancreatico-jejunostomy for Chronic calcific pancreatitis
27. Pancreatico-Cystogastrostomy for pseudopancreatic cyst
28. Pancreatic Necrosectomy.
29. Hepatico duodenostomy for Choledochal cyst
30. Kasai’s porto-enterostomy
31. Gastric Teratoma excision
32. Heminephrectomy
33. Hiatus hernia repair with fundoplication
34. Post VP shunt with Pseudocyst
35. Lich-Gregoir Extravesical Ureteric Reimplantation
36. Intra-abdominal foreign body removal.
37. Cystic teratoma removal

Thoracoscopic (through the chest wall):

1. Empyema
2. CDH Repair
3. Diapragmatic Eventeration repair
4. Lung Biopsy
5. Foregut Duplication cyst
6. Esophagectomy for caustic burns
7. Drainage of loculated hemopneumothorax
8. Neurofibroma removal
9. Removal of infected lung cyst
10. Thoracoscopic Node biopsy
11. Metastatectomy
12. Bilateral Mediastinal lymphatic cyst causing pulm hypertension

STEALTH SURGERY (Through Subcutaneous Endoscopic route):

1. Dermoid cyst removal in the head and neck
2. Lipoma removal in the back
3. Torticollis release
4. Fibroadenoma breast excision

BROCHOSCOPY & ESOPHAGOSCOPY FOR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL

1. Bronchosopic peanut removal