Scarless Surgery

Scarless surgery has been the Holy Grail of minimally invasive surgery. the term “minimally invasive surgery” has often been bastardized to imply a specific access strategy such as laparoscopy, robotic surgery, or endoscopy. Scarless surgery to traditional Laparoscopic surgery is performed through small incisions (between ¼ to 1 inch long). A telescope with a video camera inserted through one incision provides visualization of the operation on a TV monitor.

In these procedures, an internal incision is then made behind the uterus or in the stomach wall to access the abdominal cavity. Special instruments are deployed through an endoscope or similar long flexible instrument to perform the surgery.

Advantages

• Scarless
• No pain
• Cosmetic