Obesity, in the earlier times, was considered a contraindication for laparoscopy. The surgical procedure is considered distinctly harder on the surgical team. It is understood that only the most experienced laparoscopic surgeon will be able to take up obese patients for surgery. Unlike open surgery, laparoscopic surgery demands the surgeon to be as ambidextrous as possible. This is caused by constraints on the degree of freedom necessary in obese patients.
At Firm Hospitals, we recently encountered a 115kg obese patient, aged 49 years who came to us clinically diagnosed with fibroid uterus. She presented a size equivalent to 18 weeks pregnancy with several types of fibroids placed intramurally, on the broad ligament, cervically etc. requiring a hysterectomy. The case was taken up by Dr. Mala Raj without a second thought and though the surgery took a full 3.5 hours to complete, the entire uterus was removed laparoscopically posing no post-surgical complications.
At Firm Hospitals, every effort is made, to offer all patients, regardless of their BMI, with laparoscopic treatment in order to decrease complications, length of hospital stay and post-operative recovery time.
