Does laparoscopic surgery require bowel cleansing?

Laparoscopic surgery generally requires preoperative bowel cleansing in order to reduce the chance of postoperative infection.

The so-called laparoscopic surgery is to make several small incisions with a diameter of 5 to 12 mm in different parts of the abdomen. The image of the organ is transmitted to the TV screen, and the surgeon completes the operation by observing the image and operating outside the body with various surgical instruments.

Advantages of laparoscopic surgery

First, the trauma is very small, only 2 small incisions are needed, and the scar is very small, which is more noteworthy for young people and women who love beauty.

Second, the operation is a single-knife straight entry, which minimizes the damage to the surrounding tissue and reduces the chance of postoperative adhesions.

Third, the postoperative wound pain was significantly relieved.

Fourth, the number of hospitalization days is relatively small, and some patients can be discharged in 2-3 days, and they can fully recover and work in 7 days, thus greatly reducing the cost of patients, and at the same time, the turnover rate of hospital beds is accelerated.

The scope of laparoscopic surgery

Generally speaking, most general surgical operations can be completed by laparoscopic surgery. Such as appendectomy, gastric and duodenal ulcer perforation repair, hernia repair, colectomy, splenectomy, adrenalectomy, ovarian cyst removal, ectopic pregnancy, hysterectomy, etc. With the increasing perfection and the improvement of the operation level of laparoscopic doctors, this operation can be used in almost all surgical operations.