Operations
General Surgery/ Laparoscopic Surgery
State of the art in medicine; the most important achievement of the 20th century in surgery.
Laparoscopic surgery is the least invasive surgical procedure applied to the abdomen through small incisions, usually 0.5-1.5 cm, with the help of special surgical instruments and a camera where the surgeon views the internal organs in a magnified view. With laparoscopy, doctors are able to perform either simple or complex surgeries by making only a few small incisions in the abdomen.
Advantages of Laparoscopic Surgery
There are a number of advantages of laparoscopic surgery over classical open surgery:
- Minimal surgical trauma.
- Lesser surgical tissue injury and lesser immune response to the trauma.
- Significant reduction in postoperative pain
- Less respiratory and cardiovascular complications
- Quick discharge from the hospital.
- Faster mobilization and recovery and a faster return to work.
Laparoscopic Surgery/ Uses
In the past, laparoscopic surgery was mainly used for cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal), but with the advances in technology and medicine, laparoscopic surgery can be applied in many cases, from the simplest, such as the treatment of a hernia, to the more specialized, such as appendectomy or colectomy to treat inflammation or colorectal cancer.
What complications can occur during Laparoscopic surgery?
The most common complication of each procedure is bleeding and inflammation. There is a small risk of other complications in the abdomen, depending on the severity of the case and then the laparoscopic procedure is converted to open surgery on the spot. However, the chance of this happening is very small in the hands of an experienced and appropriately trained surgeon and mainly concerns patients who have had previous abdominal surgery (adhesions).
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
- Inguinal Hernia (Total Extra Peritonial)
- Femoral Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Incisional Hernia
- Midline Hernia
- Sports hernia
- Laparoscopic repair of Hiatus Hernia
- Laparoscopic treatment of Achalasia
- Laparoscopic Colectomy
- Benign diseases (diverticulitis)
- Malignant diseases
- Laparoscopic removal of liver, renal and splenic cyst
- Laparoscopic treatment of adhesions
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy
