Patient outcomes and efficiency are dual drivers in the O.R. Laparoscopic surgery types, for example, are designed for safety and efficiency. And ensuring efficiency at every step is making sure that the instruments used in laparoscopic surgery are readily available to the surgical team when they need them. With surgical teams focused on the patient and getting the best outcome, they should not need to think about whether they have the right laparoscopic surgery tools on hand. Instead, everything they need for the complete surgical procedure could be bundled together, saving a significant amount of preparation time. Teams can focus on the patient instead of assembling the materials and components required¹, unwrapping single-packed instruments that could easily have been bundled together in a single sterile procedure pack. 

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Laparoscopic surgery instruments – Customised procedure trays

Surgical procedure trays built to your specifications offer the full range of surgical instruments and components your team needs for each individual procedure. Whether it’s laparoscopic surgery or gynecological surgery instruments your team needs, your procedure tray is customised for you, by you, for your specific procedure, your operating room and workflows/practices. All high-quality products, packed into convenient, cost-effective and easy-to-use procedure trays that save time and costs and help to reduce the possibility of error.

Mölnlycke ProcedurePak trays are customisable, drawing from a full range of laparoscopic and gynecological surgery instruments to match your every surgical need.

How safe is laparoscopic surgery?

Why is laparoscopic surgery better than standard open surgery? Laparoscopy, also known as keyhole surgery, is less invasive, using smaller incisions, making it a viable choice for shorter procedure duration, faster patient recovery times and greater patient safety and less risk of infection. With laparoscopy, increasingly precise dissection is possible, making these surgeries more efficient for surgical teams and more favourable in terms of recovering from laparoscopy for patients. The less invasive the procedure, the swifter the patient’s journey to healing.

What types of laparoscopic procedures and instruments?

Laparoscopy is used to treat and diagnose conditions. Using only small incisions, a small camera, and a variety of specialised laparoscopic instruments, surgical teams can use laparoscopy to remove organs, repair hernias, perform hysterectomies and other gynecological surgeries, and much more.

Common laparoscopic surgery types include cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), colectomy (colon surgery), hernia repairs and gyn surgery (a commonly used term for gynecological surgery), all of which employ laparoscopy-specific instruments.

What instruments are used in laparoscopic surgery?

As laparoscopic procedures have become more common, the ability to offer minimally invasive surgery has changed the way operations are done and what kinds of laparoscopic surgery instruments are needed.

Different laparoscopic surgeries require different instrument types and sizes, which are available as single-packed items or as a part of a procedure-specific laparoscopic instrument tray.

From procedure-specific laparoscopy drapes for effective draping to sterile retrieval bags indicated for the quick and safe retrieval and extraction of tissue specimens, a comprehensive range of laparoscopic components is available. The full range of laparoscopic surgery tools for specific procedures is also available, including laparoscopic monopolar scissors, other monopolar instruments such as the L-hook electrode used for laparoscopic endoscopy and monopolar electrocautery, plume evacuation pencils for clearing the operating field of surgical smoke, high-pressure pulsed lavage solutions for cleaning bone and removing debris during joint procedures, suction and irrigation sets to help flush blood and tissue debris from the surgical site to aid visualisation during minimally invasive laparoscopic gynecologic, general, thoracic and urology procedures, ergonomically designed trocars for access to the peritoneal cavity, and Veress needles for creating a pneumoperitoneum.  

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What Tools are used in Laparoscopic Surgery?

Laparoscopic surgery uses long-pencil like instruments that fit through small cuts in the abdominal wall instead of large incisions required during open operations.

Laparoscopic instruments are used along with a laparoscope, which is a thin telescope fitted with a cold light source and a video camera. Inert gases like carbon dioxide are used to inflate the abdominal region which increases the distance between the organs and the abdominal wall thus enlarging the operating field. Common instruments used during laparoscopic procedures include a: laparoscope, needle driver for suturing, trocar, bowel grasper and surgical mesh.

Laparoscope

Surgical scopes are one of the oldest instruments used by medical practitioners since ancient times. Modern surgical laparoscopes used for minimally invasive procedures are a far cry from the simple hollow tubes that gradually developed to include lenses for magnified vision. Today, scopes are more like an apparatus with multiple parts that include a CCD camera, viewing device, lens cleaner, and an energy-supply device.

Needle Driver

A needle holder is used by laparoscopic surgeons to hold suturing needles when closing wounds. Forming slip-knots to close wounds and surgical incisions requires precise skills. Suturing can often be tricky to use owing to the property of “memory” which causes tissue to resist deformation. Needle holders have three parts – the jaws, joints, and handles. The instrument is classified as straight or curved depending upon the shape of the jaws.

Trocar

Along with the probe, scalpel, and cannula the trocar is one of the oldest implements used by medical practitioners. A trocar is shaped like a pen and has a sharp triangular point. Trocars are typically placed inside hollow cannulas and introduced inside body cavities to assist in draining fluids. Trocars are now referred to as both the initial entry device as well as the hollow cannula used during the operation. These instruments play an important role in laparoscopic surgery. Instruments such as scissors and graspers are introduced using surgical trocars.

Bowel Grasper

A bowel grasper is used during minimally invasive bowel surgery. The graspers are maneuvered through incisions that are usually no larger than 5 mm. The advantage with using laparoscopic graspers is that they enable the surgeon to grasp and manipulate abdomen tissue with precision without having to cut open the abdomen. The graspers facilitate observation, excision, and biopsy procedures.

Surgical Mesh

Hernia mesh is an implantable device that serves as scaffolding for your natural tissue to grow into and hence reinforce the area. The mesh itself only provides minimal support. It is your own tissue that is ultimately responsible for the repair. There are many different types of surgical mesh that can be used to repair hernias and other defects of the musculoskeletal system.

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