Guest guest Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 the problem with the single incision laproscopic surgery is that they cannot always do it. One of my clients doctors said he will perform that, but it turned out her gallbladder was too enlarged after all for that surgery. On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Parul Jain wrote: > For those who have decided to get the surgery you may want to look > up Single > Incision Laproscopic Surgery (SILS). Traditional surgery requires > three, > sometimes four incisions but this new technology approved by FDA in > 2009 > only requires one penny size incision near the belly button. The > advantage > of SILS obviously is that there are not visible scars, and there is > less > post-op pain and faster recovery. > > Few surgeons are trained on SILS at this time and fewer hospitals > have the > equipment. I had to call several hospitals (surgery admissions > department) > in my insurance network to locate a couple of SILS surgeons. The > cost of the > SILS procedure is the same as conventional laproscopic surgery so no > special > approvals are needed from the insurance company. > > Fortunately my HIDA scan was negative so I do not need to worry > about my GB > for now. I am reading posts with interest and may try cleansing when > I am > feeling better. > > Thanks > > PJ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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