{"id":2002,"date":"2016-04-13T18:32:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chirurgie-mallorca.com\/en\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2016-12-05T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:43:19","slug":"advantages-of-laparoscopic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chirurgie-mallorca.com\/en\/advantages-of-laparoscopic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Advantages of Laparoscopic Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laparoscopic surgery<\/strong><\/em> also known as \u201cKeyhole\u201d surgery<\/strong><\/em> has changed operative medicine in the last two decades more than any other development \u00a0and has clearly replaced the conventional\u00a0\u201copen” \u00a0methods in some surgical procedures.
\nThe first reports of laparoscopic surgeries date back to 1901. The German surgeon Georg Kelling<\/em><\/strong> described the technique of examining the abdominal cavity in a dog with a cystoscope, \u00a0a device which is otherwise used by urologists for bladder examinations (cystoscopies). Kelling insufflated normal indoor air filtered through sterile cotton wool into the peritoneal cavity of a dog. He then put the cystoscope into the abdomen and this way was able to examine the dog’s internal organs from the outside through a tiny little incision.
\nThe first laparoscopy in humans was conducted in 1910 by Jacobaeus. Since 1933 carbon dioxide is used instead of air and this has, apart from sterility, the advantage that the remaining gas in the abdomen can be painlessly absorbed by the body. \u00a0Furthermore the surgeon can work with electric instruments without any problems.
\nUntil relatively recently laparoscopy, both in Europe and in America, \u00a0was mainly the domain of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Prof. Semm<\/em><\/strong> in Kiel developed the technique with several Troikaren (= large diameter cannulas), whereby more complex interventions were possible and\u00a0In 1983\u00a0the first laparoscopic appendectomy was performed
\nA great advance brought the video laparoscopy, whereby a color video camera is attached onto the laparoscope<\/em>. With this techique not only can the surgeon see inside the abdomen through the laparoscope but everybody\u00a0 involved\u00a0 can follow the operation on color monitors and actively participate\u00a0 in the operation. \u00a01986 Ernst M\u00fche<\/em><\/strong> reported\u00a0 on the German Chirurgentag \u00a0the first\u00a0 laparoscopic cholecystectomy in humans. Today minimal invasive surgery is possible for almost all abdominal operations.<\/em> The advantages compared to the open method are particularly useful in cholecystectomy<\/strong><\/em> (gall bladder removal), fundoplication practiced for the reflux of the stomach contents and large intestine resection.<\/p>\n

Disadvantages of open abdominal surgery:<\/h3>\n