How isLaparoscopic Pyeloplasty Performed? Before, during and after.
The patient is asked to get admitted to the hospital a day prior or on the same day of surgery. The doctor will perform a thorough body examination and laboratory investigations before surgery. The patient is administered with general anaesthesia before the surgery.
Five small incisions are made on the flank, each about 1-cm long. These incisions are used to pass long thin instruments during surgery. The abdomen is first filled with carbon dioxide which allows visualisation during surgery. The urologist gets an image of the abdomen via a webcam. The other apertures are cutting and suturing equipment to localise and remove the stricture, and the two remaining ends of the stricture can be stitched together. The procedure usually takes three to four hours to complete.
A wound drain is then implanted to drain any oozing from the area. It’s stitched in place and attached to a drainage bag that removes any urine or blood from the kidney. In addition, a ureteric stent is inserted. The stent promotes healing and also drains urine from the kidney.
A catheter (a flexible drainage tube) is also inserted into the urethra to drain urine from the bladder into a bag. It remains in place until physical activities can be resumed.
Surgery can take 2 to 4 hours, depending on the location and duration of the stricture.
A laparoscopic procedure requires 1–2 nights of hospital stay.
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