The best treatment at Kamal Hospital is laparoscopic surgery

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Kamal Multispeciality Hospital Laparoscopic
Surgery
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Objectives

• At the end of this presentation you should be
  able to
• understand and explain -
• What laparoscopy is
• A brief history of laparoscopy
• How laparoscopy is done
• Who needs surgery and what laparoscopic surgery
  will be done
• Benefits of laparoscopy
• Perioperative nursing care for laparoscopy

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WHAT IS LAPAROSCOPY?
Laparoscopic surgery (minimally invasive surgery)
is the performance of surgical procedures with
the assistance of a video camera and several thin
instruments.
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HOW IT IS DONE?
Small incisions of up to half an inch are made
and plastic tubes called ports are placed through
these incisions. A camera and instruments are put
into the ports and this allows access to the
inside of a patient. The video camera serves as
the eyes of the surgeon.
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WHO WHAT?
DIAGNOSIS SURGERY
Diverticulitis Bowel resection
Gastric Obstruction Bypass
Splenic disorders Splenectomy
Gallstone Cholecystectomy
Appendicitis Appendectomy
Hernia Hernia Repair
Perforated Ulcer Closure of Perforation
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BENEFITS OF LAPAROSCOPY

• Shortens hospital stay - Quick recovery times
• Less post operative discomfort - smaller
  incisions less pain.
• Smaller scars
• Less internal scarring - Less Handling of
  intestines results in little or no disturbance of
  normal function.
• Quicker return to activities of daily living -
  Avoidance of the trauma of abdominal wall injury
  by the incision.

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SUMMARY

• Laparoscopy is the performance of surgical
  procedures using a video camera and several thin
  instruments.
• To perform laparoscopy. small incisions are made
  and ports are placed through these incisions
  through which camera and instruments allow access
  to the inside of a patient.
• Laparoscopy is used for surgeries of the
  abdominopelvic cavity. (appendectomy,
  cholecystectomy etc.)
• Laparoscopy causes less pain, less discomfort,
  decreases recovery time and less scarring on the
  inside and out than an open surgery.
• Perioperative nursing care for laparoscopy
  includes history, assessment, relieving anxiety,
  preparation for surgery, pain relief, aseptic
  techniques etc.

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THANK YOU
Kamal Multispeciality Hospital Address
Kishanpura Rd, Doaba Chowk, Vikas Puri, Santokh
Pura, Jalandhar, Punjab 144004 Phone 91
9876960100 Email kamalmultispeciality_at_yahoo.com
Website www.kamalmultispeciality.com