 The development of keyhole surgery from the mid-1980s onwards has spawned a revolution that means now 75 of soft tissue procedures on the abdomen are carried out laparoscopically utilising advanced energy. The use of camera-guided surgeons tools such as Johnson Johnson NYSE:JNJs Harmonic NASDAQ:HLIT Scalpel, or the Olympus Thunderbeat and other similar rigid devices, has revolutionised and routinised certain procedures. 