Laparoscopy is done under general anaesthesia. Abdominal cavity is inflated with gas for better visualization of the abdominal organs. Laparoscope attached with video camera is inserted through a small incision near umbilicus and other operative instruments are inserted through one or more other small incisions. Video camera helps in getting enlarged view as well as record the procedure. After the surgery finishes, gas is removed to deflate the abdomen, and incisions closed with sutures.

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Advantages of Laparoscopy:

• Short hospital stay
• Less pain
• Less bleeding
• Short recovery period
• Less wound related complications due to its smaller size
• Precise dissection due to better visualization of magnified field

Few Gynec Laparoscopy Procedures

Diagnostic Laparoscopy

Uterus, both fallopian tubes and ovaries are examined thoroughly under direct vision to identify the pathology that can lead to infertility or other symptoms. The chromopertubation test for tubal testing can be done by inspecting the flow of blue dye from the abdominal ostium of fallopian tube while injecting the dye from below.

PCO Drilling

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a condition associated with anovulation/oligo ovulation leading to irregular scanty menses, infertility, hirsutism and many a times obesity.

Ovarian Drilling includes performing multiple punctures targeting on the ovarian stroma with unipolar coagulation.. Decreased ovarian stroma might help in resuming ovulation or decreasing the dosage of drugs that are needed for ovulation induction.

Ovarian Cyst

It is an abnormal collection of fluid or material in ovarian substance.

Laparoscopy can be performed for drainage, removal or biopsy from such cyst. The material removed is routinely sent for Histopathological examination.

Uterine fibroids

Uterine fibroids are the benign tumor of the uterus which can cause pain during menses, excessive menstruation, infertility, and pressure symptoms on bowel or urinary tract or other abdominal structures.

Fibroids can be dissected and enucleated using laparoscopy, followed by its removal through morcellation, and suturing of dead space under laparoscopic guidance.

Ectopic Pregnancy

It is a condition in which pregnancy occurs outside the uterine cavity, mainly in the fallopian tube. This can be confirmed and treated by Laparoscopy by Linear Salpingotom ( where fallopian tube is preserved) or by salpingectomy (where the fallopian tube is removed) provided the patient is hemodynamically stable enough to receive the general anesthesia for laparoscopy.

Adhesions

Sometimes pelvic organs are abnormally adherent to each other or bowel organs leading to infection, surgery, endometriosis causing pain, or infertility. The procedure is performed using hydro dissection, scissor or laser, atraumatic forceps, and harmonic scalpel.

Hydrosalpinx

It is an abnormal dilatation of fallopian tube with clear fluid collection in cases of distal tubal block.

Neosalpingostomy or fimbrioplasty can be performed by giving linear /cruciate surgical incision on this blocked distal part and creation of new healthy opening with dissection and monopolar energy under Laparoscopic guidance.

If patient is undergoing IVF, it is advisable to remove or clip the hydrosalpinx for better results.

Endometriosis

It is a condition characterized by presence of endometrial tissue outside the endometrial cavity of uterus. During each menstrual cycle, it bleeds with the shedding of endometrial linings causing accumulation of old blood (chocolate colored fluid) in the ovarian tissue leading to chocolate cyst formation. It may lead to peritoneal scarring resulting in appearance of powder puff burns, and adhesions of pelvic organs to each other & bowel. Its presence in uterine musculature leads to adenomyosis. It is also responsible for dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, and dyspareunia of varying severity. It may also lead to chronic pelvic pain.

These lesions can be diagnosed and treated laparoscopically by cutting or fulguration of endometrial implants. Chocolate cysts can be drained followed by cyst wall removal or fulguration of cyst wall under laparoscopic guidance. Even lesions of rectovaginal endometriosis can be treated laparoscopically under expert hands.

Total / Subtotal Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

The operation of surgical removal of uterus which is known as hysterectomy can also be performed laparoscopically. It can be performed for various indications including menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, Pelvic inflammatory disease, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids and other benign and malignant conditions.

Tubal Recanalisation

Abnormally blocked tubes or tubes with previous tubal ligation can be opened using microlaparoscopy known as Laparoscopic Tubal Recanalisation or Tubotubal Anastomosis

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