What is Laparoscopy?
Laparoscopy is also known as 'keyhole' surgery
What
is a Keyhole Surgery?
Minimally
Invasive Surgery (MIS) is a kind of surgery which is getting more and
more common nowadays. Another well-known expression is 'endoscopic
surgery'. With this method, a surgical operation is performed by the
help of:
1. A small endoscopic camera or a
microscope
2. Several long, thin, rigid/flexible
instrumentsthrough natural body openings or small artificial
incisions ('keyhole surgery').
In todays day and age
ALL
GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERIES MUST BE PERFORMED LAPAROSCOPICALLY
In
comparison to the usual, open surgery, there exist several advantages
for the patient:
Advantage of minimal access surgery
- Less tissue trauma
- Less blood loss - few ml versus half a liter in open surgery
- Less postoperative pain - patients walk on the same day
- Faster recovery - patients can get back to work in a couple of days versus weeks that open surgery
- Requires Shorter hospital stay - 1 day versus 4-5 days for open surgery
- Better cosmetic results - smaller scars
- Less chances of wond infection