Medical Technology Has Changed Our Lives

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Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgery, in which operations are performed through small incisions made in the body. Laparoscopy uses an instrument called laparoscope to look at organs inside the body. The laparoscope is long, thin tube that has high intensity light and a high resolution camera at its front end.

Before the surgery is performed, you are required not to eat, drink or take any medication because this may cause the surgery to be canceled or postponed. It helps decrease the risk of blood clots and should pain if you stand up and walk within the first 5 hours after the surgery. Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery is usually done by using a tiny camera called Laparoscope, which can be also by Gastric bypass. The laparoscope is implanted in your stomach and this process is called laparoscopy. Through this process, the scope permits the medical doctor to observe inside your stomach and makes 2-5 minor incisions in your stomach. With that, a camera is connected to a video monitor in the surgery room that allows the medical doctor to observe and detect occurrences in your stomach. After, the medical doctor eliminates maximum amount of your stomach and the outstanding portions of your stomach are joined together consuming surgical/medical staples (Shown in Figure 3.). With that, this constructs a long vertical tube or a banana-shaped stomach (Shown in Figure 4.). The Gastric Sleeve does not involve cutting or changing the sphincter muscles that permits food to

Exploratory laparotomy is a surgical procedure to examine the organs inside your belly (abdomen). Another name for this is abdominal exploration. You may have this procedure if you have abdominal pain, trauma, bleeding, infection, or obstruction. The procedure may be done if your health care provider cannot make a diagnosis from an exam and testing alone.

In this video a patient is having surgery performed on rotator cuff. Usually this kind of surgery is very server to treat. In the video the surgeon inserts an instrument to see what damage is done to the knee joint. While the instrument is inserted the surgeon can monitor the scope on the T.V.Surgery is needed if the shoulder strength does not improve. In the video the instrument used is silver tube about quarter inch in length. The tube is the size of pencil that also has camera so the surgeon can see on the t.v. screen. This kind of surgery is performed under sterile condition. In the video three incisions are cut so there three incisions are only quarter inch in length. Normal saline is used to help with washing out bleeding. This type of surgery involves joints and local anesthesia to be administered. The procedure they are performing is rotator cuff surgery. Personal experience this pass December, I had to have arthroscopy surgery on my right knee I tore my meniscus.

This operation requires 3 to 5 small incisions be made in your lower stomach. A medical laparoscope is an instrument with a slender tube and an attached camera that the surgeon puts into one of the incisions in order to see where the damaged area is located. Your stomach is filled with gas so that the surgeon has a good view of the area where he will be working. One larger cut may be required if the surgeon needs to put a hand inside of the stomach to help remove the colon. It is not unusual to remove some lymph nodes while removing the damaged areas. The incisions will be closed with stitches or staples.

The laparoscope and other surgical instruments will be put through the incisions. Your surgeon will use the laparoscope and a robotic arm to help control the surgical instruments.

It comforts the surgeons' requirements from a clinical point of view, but also does not add time to the surgery. It is economical and simple to use. The surgeons are truly pleased with the

A thin, lighted tube with a tiny camera on the end (laparoscope) will be put through the incision. The camera sends pictures to a video screen in the operating room. This lets the surgeon see inside the abdomen during the procedure.

A thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera and light on the end of it (laparoscope) will be inserted into an incision. The camera on the laparoscope will send pictures to a TV screen in the operating room, giving your surgeon a good view inside the abdomen.

The 21st century can rightfully be considered as the era of technology when the new inventions and discoveries will most likely affect all the segments of human life. At this point, some of the breakthrough inventions of our times have been in the medical field. Robotic surgery has become an almost common practice in the advanced medical world and new uses for robotic assisted surgery are everyday set in place. However, such developments also attract different interests and implications.

Right now, there is a great need for minimally invasive surgery techniques because of the many benefits it has. Minimally invasive surgeries cause less pain than traditional surgeries, patients have a shorter hospital stay, there is less scarring, there is less injury to tissue, and there is a higher accuracy rate than traditional surgeries (http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/minisurgery/benefits/). Because of minimally invasive surgeries, surgery is less of a risk. Throughout the years, doctors have developed better technology to help patients lives and to reduce the risks of surgery. With minimally invasive surgery, a patient is able to leave the hospital and return to their daily life within a few weeks. More and more doctors and patients

The splenic flexure is mobilized to expose the inferior pole of the spleen; access to the short gastric vessels can be facilitated by leaving the diaphragmatic attachments intact (5). The stomach will fall away from the spleen on division of the short gastric vessels (5). Having exposed the splenic hilum, the splenic vessels are divided using a vascular cartridge laparoscopic stapling device, while avoiding injuring the tail of the pancreas (6). The remaining peritoneal attachments will then

A laparoscopic approach appears to be associated with a reduction in surgical trauma and blood loss. In addition, it is presumable that some of the benefits of minimally invasive surgery such as reduced analgesic requirements, a shorter recovery period and reduced hospital stay (Kuhry, 2005). It has become a forerunner in the quest of improving surgical results by dropping postoperative pain and lessening recovery time. Yet, the use of laparoscopic instruments can be awkward and cumbersome, thus escalating operative time and dropping dexterity, which can

The beginning use of surgical robots within medical setting benefits the surgeon as well as the patient; it gives the da Vinci Surgical System a bright future within today’s society.