Mexico Plastic Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery, also called keyhole surgery (when natural body openings are not used), band aid surgery, or minimally invasive surgery (MIS), is a surgical technique. Medically, laparoscopic surgery refers only to operations within the abdomen or pelvic cavity. Laparoscopic surgery belongs to the field of endoscopes.

 A laparoscope consists of a Hopkins rod lens system, that is usually connected to a video camera- single chip or three chip, a fibre optic cable system connected to a 'cold' light source, halogen or xenon, to illuminate the operative field, inserted through a 5 mm or 10 mm canula to view the operative field. Additional 5- 10 mm thin instruments can be introduced by the surgeon through side ports. Rather than a 20 cm cut as in traditional cholecystectomy, two to five cuts of 5-15 mm will be sufficient to perform a laparoscopic removal of a gallbladder. The abdomen is usually insufflated with carbon dioxide gas to create a working and viewing space.