Understanding The Advantages Of Laparoscopic Surgery

With various developments in the field of medical sciences, treatments have become much more convenient than before for both the doctors as well as for the patients. These developments have found the treatment for many diseases which had no established cure earlier. In this blog, we are going to discuss laparoscopic surgery and its various advantages with an aim to create awareness.

Well defining laparoscopy, it is a surgical diagnostic procedure minimally invasive in nature that involves small incisions in order to critically examine the organs inside the abdomen. An instrument called a laparoscope is used in the procedure to get a clear picture of the abdomen. Laparoscopic surgery in Jaipur is offered in almost all the top hospitals, which provide an expert team of doctors aiming at your care, convenience and cure.

Being minimally invasive in nature, it has various advantages over traditional surgery:

1. Less inflammation

The most important benefit is that laparoscopic surgery causes less inflammation than conventional surgery. The reason behind the same is that the large inflammatory reactions made in conventional surgery can make people more prone to bacterial and viral infection post-procedureand can temporarily worsen pre-existing chronic inflammatory conditions. 

2. Smaller scars 

Being minimally invasive in nature, laparoscopy involves fewer and minimal scarring. In traditional or open abdominal surgery, large incisions are made usually in the centre of the abdomen, circling the navel (i.e. belly button). Depending on the size of the patient's abdomen and the operation performed, the incision can be 6 inches long or longer. On the other hand, a laparoscopic procedure involves a few small incisions that are typically between a few millimetres and a centimetre. This leads to small and fewer scarce that are cosmetically unappealing and also involves less pain, reduced blood loss and faster recovery. This too makes the patient less prone to incisional hernias for the long-run. 

3. Shorter hospital stay 

Minimal surgical scars lead to reduced pain, less tissue damage and blood loss, thus making the recovery faster. Whereas traditional or conventional surgery is a traumatic procedure which involves larger incisions which needs a longer time to recover, thus needs an increased hospital stay. 

4. Minimal incisions 

Now, this point deserves your attention, due to smaller incisions made by the surgeon in laparoscopic surgery, there is less risk of infection as there is simply a smaller space for bacteria and other microbes to enter the abdomen.

Best doctors in Jaipur use this technique to perform most intestinal surgeries which include surgery for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, cancer, rectal prolapse, severe constipation, etc. Also, according to various studies, it has been found that laparoscopic surgery is safe for certain colorectal cancers. But it is to be noted that every surgical procedure has some potential risk that can be managed by the practising the preventive measures advised by the doctor. 

Also, some advanced kinds of laparoscopic surgeries too have been benefitting the patients with its multiple advantages. ‘Hand-assisted’ laparoscopy, being highly advanced in nature, it involves the insertion of a camera and the surgical tool from the same incision which means less scarring. The cut in the skin is longer than a half-inch but still smaller than in traditional surgery. Best multi-speciality hospitals in Jaipur follow this advanced laparoscopic procedure to provide patients with maximum precision, accuracy and safety.