What is laparoscopy?
Laparoscopy is a form of abdominal surgery that uses minimally invasive techniques. Rather than making a large incision into your skin and muscles, the team at Tinsley Surgical makes several much smaller incisions and uses a laparoscope to perform your operation.
A laparoscope is a slim tube fitted with a camera and light. It passes through a small incision into the surgery site, sending back images of your insides to a monitor. The Tinsley Surgical team uses the images to guide the laparoscope, make a diagnosis, and correct any problems in one procedure.
Schedule AppointmentWhat are the advantages of using laparoscopy?
Using laparoscopy has several significant advantages over open surgery, including:
- Less pain
- Shorter hospital stays
- Smaller scars
- Faster healing
- Less downtime
- Less internal scarring
In many cases, you can have laparoscopic surgery as an outpatient, going home the same day as your procedure.
Some common types of Laparoscopy carried out at Tinsley Surgical are:
Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of your gallbladder. Your gallbladder is next to your liver and is a store for a digestive substance called bile. Sometimes it develops problems such as gallstones that cause pain and reduced function. Taking your gallbladder out is an effective and safe way to resolve symptoms of gallbladder disease.
A hernia is when a part of your body, most often a section of intestine, pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding tissues. Sometimes hernias don’t cause any symptoms, but if they do, they can be painful. The Tinsley Surgical team inserts the laparoscope through your belly button and inflates your abdomen. Using the images relayed by the laparoscope’s camera, they fix the weak spot and reinforce it with a special mesh.
Laparoscopic appendectomy is a less invasive solution to appendicitis. Your appendix is a little pouch on your large intestine. If it gets inflamed or infected, it causes severe abdominal pain. If left untreated, the appendix can burst, which is potentially fatal. Removing your appendix is the best way to avoid life-threatening complications.
Adhesions are pieces of scar tissue growing inside your body. They often result in organs sticking together and can cause organs and tissues to twist or move. Open surgeries and conditions like endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are the most common causes of adhesions. Using laparoscopic surgery, the Tinsley Surgical team can remove adhesions, reducing your pain and discomfort.