Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for Cholecystectomy
One of the promising surgeries available for cholecystectomy is the single incision laparoscopic surgery, which aims at successfully removing the gall bladder without the need to those several cuts that were usually done during traditional open and laparoscopic surgeries.
What Is Cholecystectomy? Why Is Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery A Preferred Treatment?
Some patients may suffer from gall stones, or an inflamed or a not well-functioning gall bladder. In such cases, a doctor may recommend (after performing a careful analysis) to surgically remove the gall bladder. Such operation is scientifically termed as ' cholecystectomy'.
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A shorter recovery time.
3. A reduced need to take pain killers (analgesics) after the cholecystectomy.
4. The single incision laparoscopic surgery also provides an aesthetic feature as the belly will have fewer cuts as well as fewer scarred tissues.
How Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for Cholecystectomy Is Performed?
Cholecystectomy was traditionally performed through either open surgeries or a conventional laparoscopic operation, which requires 3-4 incisions in the belly.
With advancements in the medical science, surgeons use the single incision laparoscopic surgery for cholecystectomy as an effective procedure successfully removing the gall bladder. The surgery is performed by making a single incision in the umbilicus through which all the essential instruments are inserted, such as the laparoscope and a gas pump.
While checking the pictures taken by the camera inserted, the surgeon determines the definite position of the gall bladder. Then, through the umbilical incision, the gall bladder is removed.
Furthermore, your surgeon may ask you to do an x-ray so as to check for gall stones that may leak from the removed gall bladder (cholecystectomy) during the surgery.