What are the advantages of laparoscopic surgery? - Dr. Paramesh K N

 

Laproscopic surgery also referred as key hole surgery, minimally invasive surgery, videoscopic surgery is associated with several advantages over traditional surgeries.n- Primary advantage- allows use of small incisions instead of the large abdominal incisionsnused in surgeries before.n- Talk about the procedure, small incision , size 1.5 cm around belly button as compared tonthe large abdominal incision which was made before. After inflating abdomen, a clearnview is of the structures is established and a laproscope is inserted.n- There is reduced risk of bleeding because of the small incision used, and subsequently lessens the need of subsequent blood transfusion. Small incision size reduces risk of pain, bleeding and the post surgical wound is much smaller and healing is less painful as compared to large incisions which require long term pain relief- Small incision also leads to formation of smaller scar as compared to larger incision surgeries which are prone to herniation etc- Exposure of internal organs to contaminants is reduced as compared to open surgery which reduces risk of post-operative infection- The same or next day discharge in most cases reduces hospital stay.