Laparoscopic Surgery or "Minimal Access Surgery" or key hole surgery is a highly specialized technique of performing surgery of abdomen. Over the last 20 years this minimal access surgery has evolved from Laparoscopic gall bladdder surgery to almost all abdominal surgeries including the weight loss surgeries.
In conventional "open" surgery the surgeon uses a single large incision to enter into the abdomen and deal with the organ involved by the disease , but in Laparoscopic surgery uses three to four ports of 0.5-1cm in size . as a result the patient has Less post operative discomfort since the incisions are much smaller , Quicker recovery time ,Shorter hospital stay , Earlier return to work , Much smaller scars .
List of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Appendisectomy
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic Colectomy
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repairs
- Laparoscopic Tv Ligations For Varicoceles
- Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis,
- Laparoscopic Spleenic Abscess Drainage
- Laparoscopic Spleenectomy
- Laparoscopic Liver Abscess Drainage
- Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)
- Laparoscopic Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic Gastrotomy
- Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomies,
- Laparoscopic Ovariotomy
- Lap Assisted Abdominal Hystrectomy.
- Laparoscopic PCOD Punctures
- Laparoscopic Lymph Node Biopsy
- Laparoscopic Tubectomy
- Laparoscopic Ectopic Pregnancy
- Laparoscopy For Abdominal Trauma, Haemoperitonium
- Laparoscopic Mobilization Of Undescended Testis In Children
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy.
Advantages of Laparoscopic Surgery
There are a number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery versus an open procedure. These include:
- Reduced haemmorage or bleeding, which reduces the chance of needing a blood trasfusion
- Smaller incision, which reduces pain and shortens recovery time
- Results in less post-operative scarring
- Less pain, leading to lesser medication
- Although procedure times are usually slightly longer, hospital stay is less, and often with a same day discharge which leads to a faster return to everyday living
Reduced exposure of internal organs to possible external contaminants thereby reduced risk of acquiring infections
Endoscopic Procedures
Gastroscopy
- Diagnostics
- Banding
- Sclerotherapy
- Biopsy
Sigmoidoscopy
Colonoscopy
