Treatments · Gynecologic laparoscopy
Laparoscopy: surgery through very small cuts
Laparoscopy lets us see the uterus, tubes and ovaries with a camera that goes in through a small cut at the navel. With equally thin instruments, what is found can be treated in the same surgery.
Looking and correcting in one surgery
Is it major surgery? No. It is done through very small cuts and you usually go home the same day.
It is done in an operating room, under general anesthesia. The camera goes in through a small cut at or just below the navel, and the instruments through one or more even smaller cuts lower down.
First everything is checked: the uterus, the tubes and the ovaries. If needed, a colored liquid is passed through the cervix to see whether the tubes are open.
What is found is often treated right then: removing scar tissue around the tubes and ovaries, opening blocked tubes, removing cysts or treating endometriosis. In some cases fibroids are removed as well.
Recovery depends on what was done. When fibroids are removed, for example, it usually takes two to seven days.
We have our own equipment for these surgeries, so we do not depend on renting it to schedule them.
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What patients ask most
Does it leave scars?
It leaves small marks: one at or just below the navel, and one or more even smaller ones on the lower abdomen.
Is it done in the office?
No. Laparoscopy is done in an operating room, under general anesthesia.
What are the risks?
Like any surgery, it has risks. The most common are a bladder infection or skin irritation. Internal scar tissue can form, although less than after open surgery. The main risk is injury to a nearby organ, which may require further surgery.
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