What is Minimal  Access Surgery?

Minimal Access (Laparoscopic) Surgery (MAS) : also called as Key-Hole surgery is done under anaesthesia through small holes in your body. A telescope is inserted through the body which acts as the eye of the surgeon.

The surgeon and his/her team (anaesthetist, assisting surgeon, nurses) operates by looking at the image on more than one high resolution TV monitors and by using thin long instruments through small holes placed in the body.  

Advantages of Minimal Access Surgery:
  • Absence of long incisions on the body
  • Small or negligible scars
  • Minimal tissue damage, hence less pain & discomfort
  • Shorter Hospital stay
  • Post operative healing not more than one week
  • Fewer complications from blood loss or infection
  • Returning back to normal life and work at the earliest.
  • Patient friendly and cost effective technique

This technique is done for various surgeries:

  • Gall bladder surgery (cholecystectomy).
  • Appendicectomy  ( Removal of Inflammed Appendix)
  • Hernia Surgery
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Surgery
  • Gastroenterology (hepato-biliary, pancreas, stomach, colon),
  • Oncosurgery (surgery for cancer),
  • Endoscopic surgeries (MIPH for hemorrhoids, VATS for chest surgeries etc.).