Laparoscopic surgeries
Laparoscopic surgeries are a type of low-invasive (involving the least possible impact on the body) surgery that is performed using so-called laparoscopic equipment. It usually consists of trocars (long and thin tubes), which are used to insert a variety of instruments for medical manipulations into the body.
Among the laparoscopic instruments, the following are distinguished:
- The laparoscope (a device that has a camera on the end, necessary to provide an overview of the operating field);
- Laparoscopic scalpel;
- Laparoscopic clamps;
- Laparoscopic coagulators (devices necessary to stop bleeding);
- Laparoscopic suction devices; and other instruments.
Note that the patient is often injected with some gas into the abdominal cavity before surgery, which inflates it from the inside, to help ensure that the surgeon has an adequate view. The surgeon observes everything that happens on a special screen, the picture on which is transmitted through a laparoscope.
Benefits
- 1 Absence of pain after surgery
- 2 Lower doses of anaesthetic medication
- 3 Significant cosmetic effect
