Laparoscopic Surgery
Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure that is performed in the abdomen or pelvis by making small incisions and with the aid of a camera. Laparoscopy is used for diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and surgery. The laparoscopic procedure has more advantages than open surgery.
The laparoscopic procedure involves making small incisions that are about half an inch long, and a tube is inserted through the opening through which the camera surgical instruments go through. Then by viewing it on the screen the surgeon performs the surgery.
Some of the most common laparoscopic surgery are
- Laparoscopic inguinal hernia
- Laparoscopic ventral wall hernia
- Laparoscopic cystogastrostomy
- Laparoscopic Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic cardiomyotomy with fundoplication
- Laparoscopic ileal resection
- Laparoscopic vagatomies
- Laparoscopic Meckel’s diverticulectomy
- Laparoscopic coloectomies
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic appendicectomy
- Laparoscopic surgery for hernia
Laparoscopy is a minimally invasive surgery. Most laparoscopic surgeries are done under general anesthesia. However, the time of recovery for each individual depends upon their physical condition and the area of surgery.
Benefits of laparoscopic surgery:
- Smaller scars.
- Can return home quickly
- Less pain
- Less chance of infection.
- Return to normal activities sooner than in open surgery.
It is a diagnostic procedure when noninvasive methods are unable to diagnose the condition. It can also be used to take a sample for biopsy from an organ or a tissue.