Are there any risks, disadvantages or contraindications in laparoscopy?
As with any medical/ surgical intervention or procedure there could be some risk associated with it. These risks are similar to those encountered with conventional open surgery (bleeding, infection trauma to adjacent organs etc…) Extensive operative laparoscopic procedures are technically more demanding and require additional training and surgical skills from the surgeon. In the hands of experienced and trained surgeons laparoscopy is a very useful technique with minimal risks besides the ones encountered in traditional surgery and significant benefits for the short and long term well being of the patient. Some absolute contraindications for laparoscopy are circulatory collapse (shock), and severe cardiopulmonary disease.
