First surgery of Sacrocolpopexia Laparoscopic

The first procedure of “Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy”, which is applied to patients who have a genital collapse, a hernia or a decrease in the genital organs through the vagina, was practiced by specialists in Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital Complex Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid.

Dr. Salomón Zebede, obstetrician gynecologist, with a subspecialty in urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery, stressed that this surgery is mainly performed on patients who have previously been operated on with this problem without success.

He added that the procedure is considered as the gold standard for the management of dome collapse, and that previously they were performed openly to patients, so many surgeons preferred not to do it and perform a vaginal approach because of the risk of complications. that were presented.

“Currently with laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery we have been able to perform this same operation with a small four-hole chamber, this new equipment being a success,” Dr. Zebede said.

A second procedure of this type was carried out, because one of the objectives is to expand the volume of these surgeries, explained Dr. Zebede, who explained that the most complicated patients in the country arrive at the complex, with medical records because they have been operated on in other hospitals. centers.

For his part, Dr. Hugo González, surgeon in charge of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit (obstetrics), said that it is a group of doctors with specialties of surgeons, oncologists, infectious diseases, gynecologists, who practice this minimally invasive intervention.

Dr. Gonzalez explained that they hope that the postoperative recovery will be more bearable and faster, because this procedure decreases infections in patients.

These advanced surgeries are performed with high definition laparoscopic towers that allow the doctor to see all planes and tissues very clearly.

“In addition to Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy surgeries, we have been performing hysterectomies, emergency surgeries, ectopic pregnancies, endometriosis and advanced surgeries to treat this disease for a total of 14 percent of women,” he said. González

He pointed out that more than 300 patients benefit each year and that a diploma will be given to all gynecologists to be trained in this method.

Source: http://www.css.gob.pa/web/09-sep-2015cirugia.html