You’ve seen 3D movies, but have you ever seen 3D laparoscopic surgery?

Speaking of surgery, everyone must be familiar with it. The treatment of many diseases requires surgery. In traditional surgical procedures, most types of surgery are open surgeries. Although they can achieve good therapeutic effects, they will cause greater trauma to the patient's body and the risk of complications will be higher. In recent years, laparoscopic surgery has been used more and more widely. Surgery under the guidance of laparoscopes can effectively reduce the surgical wound. With the continuous development of medical technology, 3D laparoscopic surgery has also been born, which has more obvious advantages than ordinary laparoscopic surgery. So, what exactly is 3D laparoscopic surgery? What are the advantages of 3D laparoscopic surgery? Next, I will give you some popular science knowledge, hoping to provide help to everyone.

What is 3D laparoscopic surgery?

3D laparoscopic surgery refers to the transmission of the patient's internal body information in the form of three-dimensional imaging, allowing doctors to see the patient's internal structure more clearly, enhancing the doctor's surgical field of view, making it easier for doctors to perform surgery on patients, thereby increasing the success rate of the surgery. Generally speaking, 3D laparoscopic surgery usually requires the use of endoscopic image processors, communication optical fibers, laparoscope boxes, laparoscope tubes, laparoscope lenses and other equipment to provide doctors with three-dimensional images through image processors. When performing laparoscopic surgery, doctors also need to wear special glasses, and the camera can also simulate human eyes for observation, improving the diagnosis rate and treatment success rate of diseases.

What are the advantages of 3D laparoscopic surgery?

1. Stronger three-dimensional sense of vision and space

Compared with ordinary laparoscopic surgery, 3D laparoscopic surgery has a stronger sense of spatial stereoscopic vision. In ordinary laparoscopic surgery, image information is presented in two dimensions. Although most diseases can be treated with ordinary laparoscopic surgery, for some difficult and complicated diseases with small lesions or more special ones, two-dimensional imaging may not provide more effective help to doctors. 3D laparoscopic surgery can provide doctors with a stronger sense of spatial stereoscopic vision, allowing doctors to observe the inside of the patient's body with the characteristics of the human eye and complete the operation under the guidance of high-definition images, which can effectively improve the success rate of the operation.

2. Fewer intraoperative complications

Compared with traditional open surgery or ordinary laparoscopic surgery, 3D laparoscopic surgery has fewer intraoperative complications. The most common intraoperative complication is blood loss. In traditional open surgery, patients may inevitably lose a lot of blood, and in most cases, blood transfusions are required. In ordinary laparoscopic surgery, if the condition is more complicated and the lesion is too small, it will be difficult for the doctor to operate smoothly, and there will be a certain risk of intraoperative bleeding. 3D laparoscopy can not only overcome the drawbacks of traditional open surgery, it is a minimally invasive surgery that avoids a lot of blood loss for patients, but also provide doctors with more powerful guidance and reduce the risk of intraoperative complications.

3. Faster recovery after surgery

Compared with traditional open surgery, 3D laparoscopic surgery has a faster postoperative recovery. Generally speaking, after undergoing open surgery, the patient's body will suffer greater trauma and may require 1-2 days of bed rest. It will also increase the risk of postoperative infection and slow postoperative recovery. 3D laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery that will not cause greater trauma to the patient's body. Some patients with better physical conditions will be able to get out of bed and move around on the day the surgery is completed, and the scar area is smaller and more aesthetically pleasing. At the same time, 3D laparoscopic surgery also causes less pain to patients, and patients will not feel the same severe pain as open surgery during the recovery period.

Disadvantages of 3D laparoscopic surgery

1. Higher Fee Requirements

Compared with ordinary open surgery and ordinary laparoscopic surgery, 3D laparoscopic surgery requires higher costs because the cost of the endoscopic image processor, communication fiber, laparoscopic box, laparoscopic tube, laparoscopic lens and other equipment used in the surgery is relatively high. However, if calculated based on the total cost of surgery and nursing, 3D laparoscopic surgery still has certain advantages because patients do not need long-term hospitalization and nursing, which can save a lot of hospitalization costs.

2. Dependence on technical equipment limitations

3D laparoscopic surgery requires the use of high-end 3D imaging equipment, which is usually expensive and increases the cost of surgery. 3D laparoscopic surgery equipment requires regular maintenance and updates to ensure its normal operation and stable performance. If the equipment fails or needs to be updated, it may cause delays in surgical plans or affect the quality of surgery. The use of 3D laparoscopic surgery equipment requires medical staff to receive special training to master the equipment operation skills. In addition, a professional technical support team is required to ensure the normal operation and timely maintenance of the equipment.

In some cases, medical institutions may over-rely on 3D laparoscopic surgical equipment and ignore the development and application of other surgical technologies, which may lead to problems of technology singleness and dependence.

The above is the relevant knowledge about 3D laparoscopic surgery. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

Author: Shen Yuxia Suzhou Jiulong Hospital