Is there less blood loss with laparoscopic surgery?
Blood loss is minimal when you perform laparoscopic surgery compared to open. And there are several reasons for that. One of them is that the magnification and the image you get is so precise that you can avoid blood vessels. The second is that the gas we use to inflate the abdomen of the patient puts pressure on small vessels and prevents bleeding. Are there any disadvantages of not being hands-on, so to speak? The idea of not having tactile feedback during laparoscopy is not very accurate. There is some tactile feedback from feeling the tip of your instruments because you can feel pressure or resistance when you’re dissecting tissue. Also, you have visual feedback. When you’re looking at the magnified image, you can see how much pressure you’re putting on the tissue. Also, the magnified image gives us a lot of details that you may not see in open surgery. And you always have the option to zoom out and check the whole field. How do the recovery times for people going through open surg
