- It is a modern surgical technique
- Traditionally abdomen was cut open and surgeries were done.
- Now we can make small holes in the abdomen (5-12mm) and through this surgery is completed.
- Advantages are
- Less pain
- Less bleeding
- Early discharge
- Fast recovery
- Smaller scar
- However there are some disadvantages like slightly increase cost and time.
- Commonly performed laparoscopy surgeries:
- cholicystectomy
- Appendectomy
- All GI cancer surgeries
- Hernia surgeries
- Sils: single incision laparoscopic surgery
- Here instead of multiple holes only one incision made surgery completed throughout
