Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure used to examine and operate on the organs
inside the abdomen. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that requires only small
incisions.
Laparoscopy uses an instrument called a laparoscope to look inside the abdomen. A
laparoscope is a long, thin cylindrical instrument with a high-intensity light and a
high-resolution camera attached to it. The instrument is inserted through an
incision(10mm) in the abdominal wall. As it moves along, the camera sends images
to a video monitor. Two to three laparoscopic instruments are inserted into the
abdominal cavity through even smaller incisions(5mm) for the operation
Laparoscopy allows your doctor to see inside your body in real time, without open
surgery.
Advantages
- Shorter hospital stay
- Faster recovery
- Less pain
- Less scar (5mm to 10mm)
- Can return to normal activities within one to six weeks depending on the
surgery
- Minimal chance of infection
- Minimal blood loss
Laparoscopic surgeries performed here:
- Ectopic Pregnency
- Ovarian Cyst
- Endometriosis
- Laparoscopic Myomectomy
- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Laparoscopic sacro-colposuspension (Vault Prolapse after Hysterectomy)
- Laparoscopic cervical cerclage
- Laparoscopic assisted neovaginoplasty (Reconstruction of vagina)
- Tubal Anastomosis (Reversal of Sterilization)
- Lymphadenectomy (Uterine Cancer)
- Laparoscopic surgery in frozen pelvis
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy (Varicose veins in male)
- Laparoscopic hernia repair
- Burch’s Colposuspension & Paravaginal repair (Urinary Stress Incontinence)
- Laparoscopy in pregnancy
- Presacral Neurectomy (Surgery for pelvic pain)
Additional general surgery procedures like the following are also available
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic appendicectomy
- Laparoscopic hernia repair
- Surgery for breasts lumps