Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery And Its Many Benefits

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.

Thanks to innovation and technology surgical alternatives are accessible, basically procedures that lessen open surgery complications. A minimally invasive operating method called Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, or SILS, is available now. This procedure only uses one single entry point and this means a lot of things for a patient.

The beauty that SILS offers is how it is fast and virtually scar less. Hypothetically, that city dweller from New York who does not have time to be sick and is too fashionable to have scars on their stomach, might need his appendix removed. SILS is how they get it done fast with the least cosmetic damage.

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.

SILS is commonly used for many abdominal area surgeries. Appendectomy, or removing the appendix is a very common one among children. Single port surgery helps the gastrointestinal tract not to be unprotected from the contaminants in the air of the operating room since the stomach is not being cut open. This prevents the stomach lining from drying up to a compromising level and it makes it less likely for harmful bacteria to be absorbed.

Surgical processes always has varying methods to choose from. While SILS does have a lot of uptakes from routine surgical practice, there are always some drawbacks that need to be mentioned. The main issue for this procedure is restriction of movement and the clashing of instruments. New and improving medical technology has been the only way that surgeons have made it gradually easier for them to do the procedure ever since.

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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