What is laparoscopic surgery, and how does it work?
Laparoscopy is the use of a telescope to see within the abdomen. This process is utilised to make a diagnostic as well as perform a variety of surgical treatments, and it is also known as laparoscopic or key-hole surgery. Minimal access surgery is another name for it.
What are the benefits?
There are numerous advantages to laparoscopic surgery:
- A quicker recovery during the short stay in the hospital.
- Reduced bleeding and tissue manipulation during surgery, lowering the likelihood of adhesion formation (scar tissue formation) after surgery.
- For the surgeon, better visibility and access are essential.
- Post-operative discomfort is reduced, and the risk of infection and thromboembolism is reduced (blood clot in legs or lungs)
- Cosmetically superior incisions with smaller incisions
- Get back to the normal life as soon as possible.
Types
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy
- Chromopertubation
- Ovarian drilling
- Female sterilization procedures
- Endometriosis
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Salpingectomy
- Myomectomy
- Hysterectomy