Laparoscopic surgeon Dr. Deepraj Bhandarkar conducts a session on Minimal Access Surgery at Hinduja Healthcare Surgical

Laparoscopic surgeon Dr. Deepraj Bhandarkar conducted an interactive session on the benefits of Minimal Access Surgery as part of Hinduja Healthcare Surgical's (HHS) 'Be' initiative for general practitioners (GP). The session held at HHS's premises in Khar, Mumbai, last month had 42 doctors attending.

Minimal Access Surgery is conducted with small incisions (5-15 mm long) through which a surgeon passes a telescope and video camera into a body cavity. Images are magnified for the surgeon to examine, and operated by passing surgical instruments through other similar incisions.

Dr. Bhandarkar explained that conventional surgical procedures entail cutting the patient open to remove or repair an organ or tissue, and closing the patient up again. In minimal access surgery, the impact of the opening up and closing is minimal. Also, today's fibre optic light sources, miniature video cameras, and specially designed tools for cutting, grasping and stapling, has enabled increasingly complex surgeries. This translates into faster recovery, lesser post-operative pain and complications, and you can get back to a normal life at the earliest.

Post the Continuing Medical Education (CME) session, all the GPs were taken for a walk around to get the exact feel of the Hospital's services and infrastructure.