Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery

Want to understand why you must get laparoscopic surgery instead of open surgery?

Laparoscopy is a medical improvement that has leaped into the future. It has changed the way we see surgeries. Gone are the days of cutting open the body to perform surgery. It can be done by small holes just an inch or two long. Advanced laparoscopic surgery is called minimally invasive surgery because of this. The whole surgery can be done without leaving any scar or damage to the skin.

A surgeon uses a laparoscope to diagnose the problem and then treat it. A laparoscope is a thin and long tube that has a camera attached to the tip. It is inserted into the abdomen after making a small incision on it. The camera allows the surgeon to see what the problem is on a display. He can then perform surgery by watching the insides of the abdomen on a screen. The whole surgery can be done from a single site. Let’s see the benefits of laparoscopic surgery.

Advantages of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery:

● Lower pain

● Quicker recovery

● Low chances of infection

● Less cutting of tissues and skin

● Leaves smaller scars

● Less hospitalization

● Less internal scarring

● Less post-recovery care

How laparoscopic Surgery is Better Than Open Surgery?

With open surgery, patients have to be admitted to a hospital for a week or more. And your total recovery period might take around 6-8 weeks. With laparoscopic surgery, you can be released from the hospital within 2 to 3 days (depending upon the type and severity of the disease). You might spend less time in the hospital than even that. Your healing period might range from 2-3 weeks. A quicker hospital stay saves money and time.

In open surgery, the surgeon has to cut open your abdomen to execute surgery. It takes a considerable amount of time for the surgery to finish. Long incision through skin and muscle causes more hurt than laparoscopic surgery. Blood loss is also substantially higher than in laparoscopic surgery. It also makes the patient sensitive to infections. This large incision on the abdomen takes more time to heal reached to a small one-inch incision. Laparoscopy is done more efficiently and leads to less pain and less infection. Open surgery also leaves a huge scar on the abdomen.

How long does it take to recover from laparoscopy?

When the surgery is over, the patient will be monitored for several hours before he or she is discharged from the hospital. Their important signs, such as breathing and heart rate, will be observed closely. The timing of discharging the patient will vary. It depends on the patient’s overall physical condition:

● the type of anesthesia used

● the body’s reaction to the surgery

In some cases, patients may have to stay in the hospital overnight.

Patients can usually continue all normal activities within a week. They need to attend a follow-up appointment with the doctor about two weeks after laparoscopy.

Advanced Laparoscopy Procedures:

For Gall Bladder:

● Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgery during which the doctor extracts your gallbladder. This surgery uses several small cuts instead of one large one.

● SILS Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgery for the therapy of uncomplicated gallstone disease, with a postoperative outcome similar to that of standard multi-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

● Laparoscopic CBD Exploration: Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration is a possible option for managing stones within the biliary tree at the same time as laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair:

Laparoscopic Hernia Repair is a procedure to fix tears in the abdominal wall using small incisions, telescopes, and a patch. The laparoscopic repair offers a shorter return to work and normal activity for most patients.

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy:

A laparoscopic appendectomy is a minimally invasive surgery to remove the appendix through several small incisions, rather than through one large one. Recovery time from the lap appendectomy is short.

Endoscopic surgery for lower end Oesophagus:

● Hiatus Hernia

● Gastroesophageal reflux disease

● Vagotomy and Gastrojejunostomy

● Gastrojejunostomy

Laparoscopy for Malignancy:

● Diagnostic

● Staging

● CA Stomach

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