Laparoscopic surgeon Dr Prakash Trivedi recently performed 3D laparoscopic surgery on two patients at his clinic, the Total Women’s Health Care Center, Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Parineeta Seth, 40, had been suffering from menstrual migraine, cramps, vomiting, nausea for over a year and was mistakenly diagnosed as suffering from fibroids. The specialised surgery enabled the patients to walk home the very next day.
With an experience garnered from performing over 25,000 laparoscopic surgeries in the last 20 years, Dr Trivedi hails 3D laparoscopy as a greatly beneficial advancement in the field of surgery. “It could be a boon, particularly for patients who have had a previous C-section, have a big size fibroid or are high risk patients suffering from obesity, diabetes, blood pressure, where you want to do the surgery faster,” he says.
Dr Trivedi added, “3D laparoscopy makes the procedure so easy—its just like doing an open surgery, but with the benefits of minimal invasion. Even suturing with 3D laprascopy is so clear and simple, any suturing like rejoining tubes or important structures precisely is done simply. We’ve been doing these surgeries for more than 20 years. But with 3D camera, the job is a lot simpler. There is no need for extra instruments or expensive equipment like the robotic arm. The camera we use, of German make, is directly attached to the telescope and is lighter than the normal 2D camera,” he explains.
During a regular surgery, the surgeon has a two-way vision–horizontal and vertical. However, 3D laparoscopic surgery gives the surgeon depth perception. “The addition of this 3rd axis of vision enables us to do meticulous dissection. It is almost like your eye is just inches away—it is better than performing open surgery,” says Dr Trivedi.
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