3D laparoscopy, a boon for many!
With the experience garnered from performing over 25,000 laparoscopic surgeries in the last 20 years, well known laparoscopic surgeon Dr Prakash Trivedi hails 3D laparoscopy as a greatly beneficial a
dvancement 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. One of the first surgeons in the city to get this advanced technology, Dr Trivedi successfully performed 3D laparoscopic surgery on two patients at his clinic, the Total Womens Health Care Center, Ghatkopar, Mumbai last week. With minimal bleeding- Dr Trivedi says it can be as little as 1 to 2 ml – the specialised surgery enabled the patients to walk home the very next day! Dr Trivedi adds that the impeccable vision that 3D laparoscopy brings can also be a teaching aid to train surgeons who want to learn anatomy and safe laparoscopic surgery.
Basic hygiene can prevent Hepatitis E and A
On the occasion of World Hepatitis day on July 28, Dr Rakesh Patel from Ambarnath feels that the spread of Hepatitis E and A though very rapid, can be controlled. Dr Patel said that Hepatitis E and A is caused by drinking contaminated water and this could be easily controlled if the people follow basic hygienic habits like boiling the water before drinking and washing their hands before eating. Hepatitis E generally affects the liver and leads to the death of one patient amongst 100 sufferers. However the recovery period is long anywhere between 45 days to 75 days and thus precious hours are wasted. The only symptom of this disease is jaundice and fever and the morbidity is also very high. Even though currently there are no vaccines available for Hepatitis E, some trials are going on in China regarding the same. On the other hand, the virus of Hepatitis B is controlled to a certain extent because of the compulsory vaccination announced by the Indian government.
