Diagnostic Laparoscopy
Diagnostic laparoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure. This means that, instead of making a large incision (surgical cut), your doctor will make several small incisions to insert the camera and tools. A diagnostic laparoscopy lets your doctor:
- See your organs
- See if something looks abnormal
- Take biopsies (tissue samples)
- Take washings (cell samples)
- Do other procedures
Having a laparoscopy instead of a traditional (open) procedure means that you may have less pain and bleeding after your procedure. People who have a laparoscopy are usually able to go home earlier and return to their normal activities more quickly than people who have an open procedure. Most people who have a laparoscopy are able to start walking, eating, and drinking within 24 hours of their procedure.
Your laparoscopy may be done while you’re inpatient (admitted to the hospital), or it can be done as an outpatient procedure. If it’s done as an outpatient procedure, you may be able to go home the same day. Kaizen Gastro Care is the one-stop solution for all types of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Pune.
Preparing For Laparoscopy:
Kaizen Gastro Care nurse will give you a resource telling you how to get ready for your procedure. Your doctor will also give you more information specific to your procedure.
If you’re going home the day of your procedure, you need to arrange for someone to take you home. You will be drowsy from the anesthesia (medication to make you sleep during your procedure) for a few hours after your procedure. If you don’t have anyone to take you home, tell your nurse.
Wear or bring loose-fitting, comfortable clothes to wear home. Your abdomen may be a little swollen or sore after your procedure.
The Surgery:
You will be taken into the operating room and helped onto the operating table. Your anesthesiologist (doctor or specialized nurse who will give you anesthesia) will place an intravenous line into a vein, usually in your arm or hand. The line will be used to give you fluids and anesthesia during your procedure. Your anesthesiologist will also monitor your heart rate and breathing throughout your procedure.
Once you’re asleep, a catheter (thin, flexible tube) will be placed into your bladder to drain urine. A tube may also be placed through your nose or mouth into your stomach to drain its contents. These are usually removed in the operating room before you wake up.
Your doctor will start by making a small incision near your belly button. They will put a pointed tube through this incision, into your abdomen. Then, they will put carbon dioxide gas into your abdomen through this tube. The gas will push out the wall of your abdomen and make your organs move away from each other. This makes extra space in your abdomen so your doctor has room to see and move the surgical tools.
Next, your doctor will make another small incision and put a small video camera through the incision, into your abdomen. The video camera is on the end of a long, thin surgical tool. It will show a large picture of your organs on a television screen so your doctor can see the inside of your abdomen.
If you need to have a biopsy or other procedures during your laparoscopy, your doctor will make more small incisions. Each incision will be about 5 to 12 millimeters, or between the size of a pencil eraser and the end of an AAA battery.
Your doctor may do your procedure with a robotic device. This is called a robotic-assisted laparoscopy. The robotic device holds the camera and other surgical tools. Your doctor controls it to help with precise surgical movements.
When your laparoscopy is done, the carbon dioxide will be released from your abdomen. Your doctor will close your incisions with sutures (stitches).
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