Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery And Its Many Benefits

By Pamela Barnes


Due to human mortality and the need to live longer, medical advances have extended their efforts to cut people open and fix problems directly at the root cause. It definitely is not a pretty sight or a circumstance. But when it is a matter of survival no one bothers to question the methods of experts.

There are many things the medical world can thank modern technology for. For many who might have to go through surgery, the 21st century has given us Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, most commonly known as SILS. This is a relatively new surgical procedure that is minimally invasive and operates a patient through a single entry point.

Apart from appendectomy, there are other benefits for laparoscopy. New York has a group of surgeons that offer a SILS procedure of bariatric surgery. This is a surgical procedure to treat morbid obesity. The technique is still in its early stages but there have been many cases of success in New York.

This also means that the probability of hemorrhaging is decreased. Laparoscopic surgery uses a long fiber optic cable that lets the surgeon view the affected area by inserting the cable from a distant but easily accessible location. Compared to the earlier multi port laparoscopy method, SILS only uses the navel as the point of entry.

Minimal access surgery, or MAS, is done through a natural orifice or an incision. This implies that both the recovery time and the pain the patient feels are reduced. In consequence, the pain medication being taken decreases. This is the procedure used commonly for appendectomy, the surgical removal of the appendix, which happen often to children.

For many abdominal area surgeries this process prevents the gastrointestinal tract from being exposed to the air inside the operating room preventing many possible complications. This means that important parts of the stomach lining is unlikely to reach a level of unsafe dryness and will not be able to absorb any harmful bacteria that may cause other illnesses, since no internal organs are out in the open.

Endoscopy has a range of varying procedures ranging from using natural orifices and cutting up a port. SILS is becoming a more practiced method even with its handicaps. Maneuvering restrictions is among the most difficult to overcome along with having the surgical instruments clashing. This is because of the incision being too narrow. Advancing medical tech is the only way these surgeons have been going around these challenges.

This method of MAS has gained a lot of popularity among surgeons and the medical industry. This method did not show any significant increase in surgery complications like bile duct injuries and incision caused hernias since the start of laparoscopy as a surgical method. Moreover, it is more likely for patients to prefer having only one incision than the regular four or five.

Technology is advancing but still there are difficulties that only a very good surgeon can circumvent when it comes to SILS. It still cannot be overlooked how patients and doctors are up to the challenge of perfecting the method and a longer operating time than to risk fatal complications of other options. Sooner or later, the technology to overcome these technical handicaps should be available.




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