What is laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery? We talked about hysteroscopic surgery earlier, but today we’re going to talk about another minimally invasive procedure – laparoscopic surgery. So what is a laparoscope? It is an instrument with a miniature camera, and laparoscopic surgery is the use of laparoscopes and their associated instruments to perform surgery, generally more 3-4 hole operation method. Principle of use: the use of cold light to provide illumination, the laparoscopic lens into the abdominal cavity, the use of digital camera technology so that the laparoscopic lens to capture the image through the fiber-optic fiber conduction to the rear information processing system, and real-time display on a special monitor. Then the doctor analyzes and judges the patient’s condition through the images of the patient’s organs shown on the monitor screen and carries out the surgery with laparoscopic instruments. Characteristics of laparoscopic surgery: small trauma to the patient (5-10mm), low postoperative pain, fast recovery, small abdominal incision scar, beautiful, short hospitalization, and the therapeutic effect is not significantly different from that of ordinary surgery. Preoperative preparation for laparoscopic surgery: Preoperative preparation can be different depending on the surgical method, but the preparation of abdominal skin cleansing and intestinal cleansing are required, and because general anesthesia is needed, fasting and water fasting for at least 6 hours before surgery is required. Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery: Laparoscopic surgery of course, there are risks, and depending on the operation, the risk is greater or lesser, the overall complications include bleeding, visceral injury, abdominal wall hernia, abdominal wall hematoma, hypoxemia hypercapnia and acidosis, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax, gas embolism, venous thrombosis and so on. Said so much patients should be scared again, but laparoscopic surgery has been very mature, the complication rate is low, the complications of the doctor also has countermeasures, and the benefits of the surgery to the patient is far greater than the risk, so do not worry about surgical complications, as long as you cooperate with the doctor, do a good job of full preparation coupled with the doctor’s skillful surgical techniques, the operation can generally be completed successfully. Precautions after laparoscopy: After laparoscopy, patients also need to pay attention to a number of things, including the use of pillows within 6 hours of lying down, head to one side, to prevent vomitus inhalation of trachea; due to the postoperative anesthesia effect, the body can not be moved normally, do not ignore the massage of the patient’s waist and legs, half an hour for the patient to turn over to promote blood circulation and prevent the emergence of decubitus ulcers; the surgical incision is small, so a week later, you can gradually return to normal activities. The incision is small, so the patient can resume normal activities gradually after one week. Finally, I would like to tell you again that laparoscopic surgery is a kind of minimally invasive surgery which is both safe and less traumatic, with short hospitalization time and fast recovery, so patients do not need to be nervous and afraid, so just hand over your diseases to the doctors, and let the doctors worry about them for you!