Laparoscopy

 

Laparoscopy is a "key holes"  operation performed in the pelvis using small incisions with the aid of a camera. The laparoscope aids diagnosis or therapeutic interventions with a few small cuts in the abdomen

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A general anaesthetic is required for laparoscopic procedures. A cut about one centimetre long is made below the belly button.

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The laparoscope (narrow telescope with a light) is inserted, allowing the gynaecologist to see the pelvis and pelvic organs. Other small cuts are made which allow different laparoscopic instruments to be introduced to perform the laparoscopic surgery.

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These are the procedures I do under laparoscopy:

• Tubal Ligation

• Ovarian cystectomy

• Bilateral Salpingo-oophorectomy

• Removal of ectopic pregnancies

• Myomectomy

• Total and Supracervical hysterectomy

• Excision of Endometriosis

 

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy

Laparoscopy patient information

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