Archive for July, 2008

Good Bye to Endometriosis with Laparoscopy

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Laparoscopy is the ultimate and one of the best treatments for Endometriosis and I realized this only when this treatment was given to a woman who was suffering from severe inflammation and pain spread almost all over the pelvis. My classmates I and where all present and keenly observing the procedure performed by our chief [...]

Laparoscopic Intervention in Treating Acute Appendicitis

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

It was our operation theatre exposure session and I was wondering how our professor would be performing the appendicitis surgery (appendicectomy) on a patient through laparoscopy. I was little more concerned as the patient was a young boy and I was not sure how this acute appendicitis surgery would be performed through laparoscopy. The procedure [...]

Please don’t learn laparoscopy on your patient

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The advent of laparoscopic techniques has led to a new paradigm in surgical skill training. Recently launched many Hands-on courses are now enabling young surgeons and gynaecologists to practice laparoscopic techniques on synthetic, porcine or more recently virtual-reality models.  The aim has been to ensure trainees are armed with basic laparoscopic skills, such as hand-eye [...]

Methods of Training in Laparoscopy

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I always wondered before I joined my medical college regarding how our professor will teach us surgery and laparoscopy. In the beginning I was surprised and afraid when I learnt in my first year that the professor of anatomy used the cadavers for this purpose. Recently we were having chance to introduced telescope also inside [...]


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