Dr. Keidar explains that laparoscopic surgeries are surgeries using a relatively innovative method, designed for children who require surgical intervention in the abdominal cavity.
Today it is not necessary to open the abdomen, but damage to the abdominal wall and muscles can be avoided and the same surgery can be stained inside the abdominal cavity using fiber optics and special devices. The recovery process from such surgery is shorter, the hospitalization time is significantly shorter, there are no problems in the abdominal wall in the scar such as a hernia in the scar, there are no adhesions in the abdominal cavity that cause intestinal obstructions and the need for further surgical intervention.
In the laparoscopic method, the surgery is performed by a number of unique devices that are inserted into the abdominal cavity through tiny holes in the front wall of the abdomen. These devices are capable of performing any surgical operation, such as cutting, separating, burning blood vessels, suturing tissue, etc.
The analysis itself is performed while controlling an optical device that projects the field of analysis onto a television set monitor. The resulting image is of very high quality and magnification, which allows the surgeon to perform the surgery with maximum accuracy and without unnecessary damage to nearby organs.
This method is now considered the preferred method in surgery and also in children of all ages. Recently, the method has been adapted for surgery in children by a system of devices, with smaller diameters and devices that have been specially adapted for pediatric surgery.
Today, almost all surgeries that require an abdominal opening can be performed by laparoscopy. These surgeries include: gastric surgeries, esophageal surgeries, gallbladder surgeries, splenic surgeries, resection of the appendix, invasive testicular surgeries located in the abdominal cavity, varicocele surgery, and this is only a partial list.
Eventually any lesion that requires resection within the abdominal cavity can be treated with a laparoscopic method without scarring of the abdominal wall skin. In addition to excessive sweating in the palms of the hands, there is a turboscopic operation, identical to laparoscopy only in the chest cavity.
The experience gained in the department has shown that a laparoscopic method unequivocally benefits both children and infants without compromising the level of surgery.
Even after a complex operation performed for several hours, the children’s recovery is shorter, a walk after surgery is accompanied by less pain, these children are discharged home earlier and their return to routine and sports activities is made possible earlier.
