Laparoscopic system
Perhaps a little bit of explanation about laparoscopy might be of interest to some readers… it seems that quite a number of you have had laparoscopic procedures before.
What is laparoscopy?
“Laparo-” means the abdominal cavity. Laparotomy means a procedure to open the abdominal cavity. Laparoscopy means insertion of a scope into the abdominal cavity.
How is it performed?
There’s are 2 major components, the camera system and the operating system. The camera system is the eye for the surgeon and the operating system is the one used to perform procedures on the tissues.
Here’s are some photos from an earlier post in publicinfo to show the set-up (”ports” are the short, hollow tubes that enter the abdomen to allow passage of the gas, camera and instruments):
1. Ports are inserted into the abdomen. CO2 is pumped in to inflate the abdomen.
2. The surgeon looks at the image from the scope and attached camera, and operates with instruments through the ports.
3. The appendix
4. The appendix stump
5. Three port sites to close after the operation.
Eewww… I had my gall bladder removed by laparascopy 10 years ago. But I had diarrhoea for one month or so after that.
Who is taking the pictures while these ops are going on? They are really detailed.
Hmm, one throught the belly button. Somehow that idea gives me the creeps. *Shiver* LOL!
Isn’t there a bloodsucking tube or something? ROFL… so when are u conducting a course of ‘Dummy’s Guide To Surgery’? LOL!
I bet you’ll have to prepare a lot of ammonia to revive your student wannabes, ROFL
Gam, yes.. some people do have diarrhoea after cholecystectomy for a few weeks.
That’s because bile can cause diarrhoea when it’s in the intestines at the wrong time.
The gallbladder functions as a reservoir for the bile from the liver, before it gets secreted into the intestines when you take a meal. That prevents the bile from being in the intestines when there’s no meal in it.
After a cholecystectomy, bile gets secreted directly into the intestine all the time… so diarrhoea happens.
After a while, the liver adapts and bile is secreted appropriately… then the diarrhoea stops.
Many people don’t experience diarrhoea after cholecystectomy because their gallbladder hasn’t been working anyway. So bile had been going into the intestines for a long time and the adaptation had already been done. So removal of the gallbladder wouldn’t have made a difference to these patients.
Capt Picard, the atttendant took them. Sometimes, it’s the circulating nurse.
Augh, what ammonia, I meant smelling salts…
jonzz, thru the belly button is good.. no scars are seen there.
Jonzz will always mention the unmentionable… ^-^
Thank you Dr. Bernard. After all these years, I finally knew the reason. The doctors didn’t explain it to me when I complained of the diarrhoea.
Gam, no problem.. it’s a benign and self-limiting anyway.