Advantages There are a number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery versus an open procedure. These include: Reduced hemorrhaging, which reduces the chance of needing a blood transfusion. Smaller incision, which reduces pain and shortens recovery time, as well as resulting in less post-operative scarring. Less pain, leading to less pain medication needed. Use of regional anesthesia (with the recommendation of using a combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia) for laparoscopic surgery, as opposed to general anesthesia required for many non-laparoscopic procedures, can produce fewer complications and quicker recovery. Although procedure times are usually slightly longer, hospital stay is less, and often with a same day discharge which leads to a faster return to everyday living. Reduced exposure of internal organs to possible external contaminants, thereby reduced risk of acquiring infections.
advantages there are a number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery versus an open procedure these include reduced hemorrhaging which reduces the chance of needing a blood transfusion smaller incision which reduces pain and shortens recovery time as well as resulting in less post-operative scarring less pain leading to less pain medication needed use of regional anesthesia (with the recommendation of using a combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia) for laparoscopic surgery as opposed to general anesthesia required for many non-laparoscopic procedures can produce fewer complications and quicker recovery although procedure times are usually slightly longer hospital stay is less and often with a same day discharge which leads to a faster return to everyday living reduced exposure of internal organs to possible external contaminants thereby reduced risk of acquiring infections