WELCOME....to "Laparoscopy.com". This web-site provides an interactive enjoyable multimedia database to inform about the advancing technology of laparoscopic surgery and other microinvasive techniques.
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This new technology uses a small video-camera and a few customized instruments to perform surgery with minimal tissue injury.
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The camera and instruments are inserted into the abdomen or chest through small skin cuts allowing the surgeon to explore the whole cavity without the need of making large standard openings dividing skin and muscle.
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After the cut is made in the umbilical area a special ( Veress) needle is inserted to start insufflation. A pressure regulator CO2 insufflator is connected to the needle. The pressure obtained should not be beyond 15 mmHg.
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After satisfactory insuflation the needle is removed and a 10 mm trocar is inserted through the previous umbilical wound.
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This method reduces the recovery time due to its minimal tissue damage permitting the patient to return to normal activity in a shorter period of time.
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Although this type of procedure is known since the beginning of the 19th. century, it was not until the advent of high resolution video camera that laparoscopic surgery became very popular among surgeons.
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