Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 16 2010:
For the first time in Manipur, Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) was successfully performed by the doctors of the Shija Hospital and Research Institute, claimed the Medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr Jugindro today.
Speaking to reporters today, Dr Jugindro said that the hospital like in other hospitals of the state performed Multiport Laparoscopic Surgery which pierced at least three to four holes on the body of a patient.
But under SILS method only the operation is done only with one hole of diameter of half a centimeter.
Surgery required for gallbladder, appendix, ovary, urethras and kidney etc.
can be performed using this method, he informed claiming that the SILS method is more conveniences than that of MLS method.
The method reduces the pain received by the patient, blood loss and quick recovery.
The surgery of this kind was first performed in 2005 in Turkey.
The same method was practice in the country in at Shija Hospital the later part but in Manipur, the surgery performed by the Shija hospital today is the first time.
The hospital has performed the surgery of this kind to as many as nine patient successfully, among them one was only 12-year old girl the doctor maintained stating that the cost is somewhat higher than that of MLS.
In due course of time the cost will reduced, he believed.