Mater Dei Hospital is thrilled to share with you an exciting development in the field of laparoscopic surgeries—the Laparoscopy Tower with Advanced Instruments. Well, the Laparoscopy Tower is here to take laparoscopic surgeries to new heights. Imagine a comprehensive system that integrates state-of-the-art instruments and advanced visualization capabilities. The Laparoscopy Tower brings together the latest advancements in laparoscopic technology, making surgical procedures more efficient, precise, and patient-centric.
Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy is a type of surgery that gets its name from the laparoscope, a slender tool that has a tiny video camera and light on the end. When a surgeon inserts it through a small cut into your body, they can look at a video monitor and see what’s happening inside you. Without those tools, they’d have to make a much larger opening. Thanks to special instruments, there’s less cutting, and your surgeon doesn’t have to reach into your body, either.
At Mater Dei Hospital a variety of surgeries can be done laparoscopically, including:
• Appendicectomy
• Diagnostic procedure Biopsies
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic ovarian cystectyomy
• Laparoscopic salpingectomy
• Laparoscopic hernia repair
• Laparoscopic hysterectomy
• Ectopic pregnancy removal
• Diagnostic Endometriosis
• Ear Nose Throat procedures using the tower-Endoscopic Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• Endoscopic Turbinectomy
• Neurosurgery- Endoscopic Tumor resections
• Urology: cystoscopy, TURP, DVIU
• Orthopeadic- Arthroscopy
• Esophageal surgery
• Gastric bypass surgery
• Hernia repair surgery
• Testicle correction surgery
• Tubal ligation
• Appendicectomy
• Diagnostic procedure Biopsies
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic ovarian cystectyomy
• Laparoscopic salpingectomy
• Laparoscopic hernia repair
• Laparoscopic hysterectomy
• Ectopic pregnancy removal
• Diagnostic Endometriosis
• Ear Nose Throat procedures using the tower-Endoscopic Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• Endoscopic Turbinectomy
• Neurosurgery- Endoscopic Tumor resections
• Urology: cystoscopy, TURP, DVIU
• Orthopeadic- Arthroscopy
• Esophageal surgery
• Gastric bypass surgery
• Hernia repair surgery
• Testicle correction surgery
• Tubal ligation
Key Components of a laparoscopic Tower
Laparoscopic Procedure
Before your laparascopy, you might have to take imaging or blood and urine test. You will have an IV inserted into a vein to receive fluids, pain medication and anaesthesia during the procedure. Doctors will also put a breathing tube down your throat to ensure your airway stay open. You might have a catheter inserted and then your skin will be cleaned with disinfectant solution. To begin the procedure, your surgeon will make a small cut in your belly or pelvic area, and tubes will be placed for the camera and tools. A drain might also be placed. In some operations the surgeon can put the camera and the surgical tool through the opening in the skin. This means less scarring.
In some cases, your surgeon may decide to use a device that lets them reach in with a hand, “hand assisted” laparoscopy. The cut in the skin must be more than half an inch in length, but still smaller than the one made in traditional surgery. This method has made it possible to use laparoscopic surgery for the live and other organs. Carbon dioxide will be pumped in to separate your abdominal wall from your organs, making it easier for the surgeon to see your organs. Finally, your surgeon can put a camera and tools through the tube/s and they can complete the procedure guided by images on a video monitor.
Benefits of Laparoscopic Surgery
Laparoscopic surgery has several advantages over traditional surgery. Because it involves less cutting:
• You have smaller scars.
• You get out of the hospital quicker.
• You'll feel less pain while the scars heal, and they heal quicker.
• You get back to your normal activities sooner.
• You may have less internal scarring.
• You’ll have a reduced risk of wound infection.
• You’ll have a reduced risk of hemorrhage.
• You’ll need less pain medication.
• You have smaller scars.
• You get out of the hospital quicker.
• You'll feel less pain while the scars heal, and they heal quicker.
• You get back to your normal activities sooner.
• You may have less internal scarring.
• You’ll have a reduced risk of wound infection.
• You’ll have a reduced risk of hemorrhage.
• You’ll need less pain medication.
With traditional methods, you might spend a week or more in the hospital for intestinal surgery, and your total recovery might take 4-8 weeks. If you have laparoscopic surgery, you might stay only two nights in the hospital and recover in 2 or 3 weeks. And a shorter hospital stay will cost less.