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Why Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Is Beneficial

By Pamela Barnes


The thought of going through surgery is dreadful regardless if one has experienced it or not. Being cut open sounds like something no one puts in their bucket list. But due to the deteriorating nature of everything that lives, circumstances dictate people to go to the hospital to get sliced with a scalpel for a chance of surviving.

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.

A group of surgeons in New York offer this type of Laparoscopic bariatric surgery, a treatment for morbid obesity. The great thing about SILS is how it does not show obvious post operation scars. This group of surgeons can even perform the operation at a shorter recovery time. New York is after all the city where practically no one has the time of day to get sick, or in this case, stay obese.

The learning curve for this method is steeper and the operating time higher, but assured it makes hemorrhaging less likely. Single Incision Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure that uses a fiber optic cable that is inserted usually through the belly button. This cable shows what is going on inside the abdomen or the affected area on a screen.

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.

There are many types of endoscopy procedures. SILS just happens to have an increasing popularity among practitioners. Despite this, there are still several cons with this process. Movement is restricted and the surgical instruments clash due to the narrowness of the incision to be operated on. The only way surgeons have found a way around this, since the beginning of laparoscopy, is constantly advancing medical technology.

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.

There are challenges that go with SILS, but it is difficult to deny the uptake of the method and the good response it receives. Both patient and surgeon are more willing to submit to an increase in operating time and a period to learning the process than to risk the complications of open operation methods. Soon enough technology should be able to provide solutions to see through these handicaps.




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