A laparoscopic approach offers several advantages over an open procedures; potentially reduces the surgical stress and fluid shifts that may accompany it; in addition there is less need for postoperative analgesia, reduction of postoperative respiratory and wound complications; shortens postoperative convalescence, including an intensive care unit stay; rapid return to normal diet and decreased overall hospital stay. Laparoscopic procedures in children can be done for number of indications
Procedures using minimally invasive surgery include;
Laparoscopic (through the abdominal wall):
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- Diagnostic Laparoscopy
- Adhesiolysis
- Fundoplication
- Heller’s Cardiomyotmy
- Nephrectomy
- Pull through for Hirschsprung’s disease
- Pull through for ARM
- Chloecystectomy
- Hernia
- Undescended Testis
- Appendectomy
- Meckel’s diverticulectomy
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Splenectomy
- Adrenal tumor removal
- Pyloromyotomy
- Malrotation
- Intussusception reduction
- Pyeloplasty
- Uereterolithotomy
- Cross testicular ectopia.
- Heminephrectomy
- Gastrojejunostomy
- Mesenteric node biopsy
- Pancreatectomy for Congenital Hyperinsulinism of infancy
- Pancreatico-jejunostomy for Chronic calcific pancreatitis
- Pancreatico-Cystogastrostomy for pseudopancreatic cyst
- Pancreatic Necrosectomy.
- Hepatico duodenostomy for Choledochal cyst
- Kasai’s porto-enterostomy
- Gastric Teratoma excision
- Heminephrectomy
- Hiatus hernia repair with fundoplication
- Post VP shunt with Pseudocyst
- Lich-Gregoir Extravesical Ureteric Reimplantation
- Intra-abdominal foreign body removal.
- Cystic teratoma removal
Thoracoscopic (through the chest wall):
- Empyema
- CDH Repair
- Diapragmatic Eventeration repair
- Lung Biopsy
- Foregut Duplication cyst
- Esophagectomy for caustic burns
- Drainage of loculated hemopneumothorax
- Neurofibroma removal
- Removal of infected lung cyst
- Thoracoscopic Node biopsy
- Metastatectomy
- Bilateral Mediastinal lymphatic cyst causing pulm hypertension
STEALTH SURGERY (Through Subcutaneous Endoscopic route):
- Dermoid cyst removal in the head and neck
- Lipoma removal in the back
- Torticollis release
- Fibroadenoma breast excision
BROCHOSCOPY & ESOPHAGOSCOPY FOR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL