Operating on patients for a variety of intestinal disease problems used to be exclusively performed with open surgery where a large incision was necessary. Some of the diseases where surgery was performed include Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, hernia, colorectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, rectal prolapse and a variety of others. There is now a new procedure called laparoscopic or keyhole surgery which could hold benefits for many patients. With this technique the surgeon is guided by a camera inserted in a small incision in the body. The surgeon works with tools that are also placed into th