Aspects of Laparoscopic Surgery that Are Beneficial and Harmful

Posted by Ananya on October 20th, 2022

Laparoscopic surgery is one of numerous newer, safer, and better surgical techniques that have emerged in recent years and improved the quality of life for surgical patients. It is sometimes referred to as minimally invasive surgery.  Laparoscopic surgery is performed for the operations of the abdomen with 6 to 12-inch long cuts and it is known as abdominal laparoscopy. Surgeons can perform laparoscopic procedures in many illnesses today, some of them being:

• Abdominal surgeries to treat appendicitis, Rectal Prolapsed, and Chronic Constipation.

• Hernia surgeries.

• Gallbladder procedures.

• Gynaecologic surgeries such as hysterectomies.

Advantages of Laparoscopic surgery: In comparison to earlier, most traditional surgical techniques, laparoscopic surgery has a number of benefits.

• Very little scars

• Stay in the hospital for fewer days (in traditional methods, the recovery time of a patient was 4 to 8 weeks and hospital stay was of 1 or more than a week, but in laparoscopic surgery, recovery time is 2 to 3 weeks and hospital stay is of only 2 nights).

• Less tissue is being cut.

• Lower use of painkillers due to less pain while the scar heals.

• Return to your regular life sooner.

• As internal organ exposure to external pollutants reduces, so does the risk of infections reduces.

Disadvantages of Laparoscopic surgery: Although laparoscopic surgery is of great advantage for a patient, there are a few disadvantages too which are as follows:

• The surgeon has a limited range of movement from a tiny invasion hole.

• Poor depth perception.

• The surgeon has difficulty feeling tissue, hence unable to judge the force that needs to be applied.

• It is a non-intuitive motor skill that is difficult to learn.

Any Laparoscopic Surgery needs to be performed by an expert. Dr.S.N.Baser is the best Laparoscopic Surgeon in Surat with a track record of performing  1000+ laparoscopic surgeries for Hernia, Gallbladder & Appendicitis.