Why Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Is Beneficial

By Pamela Barnes


The thought of going through surgery is dreadful regardless if one has experienced it or not. Being cut open sounds like something no one puts in their bucket list. But due to the deteriorating nature of everything that lives, circumstances dictate people to go to the hospital to get sliced with a scalpel for a chance of surviving.

Thanks to innovation and technology surgical alternatives are accessible, basically procedures that lessen open surgery complications. A minimally invasive operating method called Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, or SILS, is available now. This procedure only uses one single entry point and this means a lot of things for a patient.

The beauty that SILS offers is how it is fast and virtually scar less. Hypothetically, that city dweller from New York who does not have time to be sick and is too fashionable to have scars on their stomach, might need his appendix removed. SILS is how they get it done fast with the least cosmetic damage.

This also means that the probability of hemorrhaging is decreased. Laparoscopic surgery uses a long fiber optic cable that lets the surgeon view the affected area by inserting the cable from a distant but easily accessible location. Compared to the earlier multi port laparoscopy method, SILS only uses the navel as the point of entry.

While there are many ways laparoscopy can be done, Minimal access surgery, more popularly known as MAS, is when surgeons use only a single port for where the procedure is done. This means that the pain the patient feels and the time it takes for them to recover is lessened. As a result, the amount of pain medicine that the patient takes is not as much as he would if going through a normal open surgery.

Abdominal issues that need internal intervention, like appendectomy and cholecystectomy, the removal of the appendix and gall bladder, respectively, are the most common application for SILS. There is less chances for the gastrointestinal tract to be out in the open and vulnerable to harmful bacteria that can cause complications of the stomach lining. These are the most likely causes of problems during open surgery procedures in the abdomen.

Surgical processes always has varying methods to choose from. While SILS does have a lot of uptakes from routine surgical practice, there are always some drawbacks that need to be mentioned. The main issue for this procedure is restriction of movement and the clashing of instruments. New and improving medical technology has been the only way that surgeons have made it gradually easier for them to do the procedure ever since.

MAS is a procedure that has surprisingly shown a lot of positive feedback from both the people in the medical field and patients. This procedure does not have a rising number of cases with complications such as incision induced hernias and bile duct injuries. Patients would also most favor having less cosmetically damaging operations.

While there are difficulties that come along with single port surgery procedures, it is safe to say that very good results have come out of it. Despite these difficulties their practitioners are still able and willing to go through the steep learning curve and increased operating times. Hopefully, the technology to circumvent the surgical challenges will be available as innovation advances.




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