First Decade of Laparoscopic Routine Surgery

Overview

Common use of laparoscopic surgery was extended during the last ten years worldwide, as well as in our Republic.The contribution of laparoscopy to surgery is compared sometimes with the contribution of ether anesthesia. Despitethis, discussions persist on the advantages and disadvantages of this method among surgeon as well as physiciansfrom other disciplines, in particular those who indicate patients for laparoscopic operations. The ten-year use oflaparoscopy in surgery should be a sufficiently long period for certain general evaluations of the asset of this method.The submitted paper compares some evaluating criteria of laparoscopic surgery and „classical“ laparotomicoperations. It is obvious that there can be many evaluating aspects and that each aspect has its specific weight. Inthe submitted paper some of these aspects are compared and discussed with regard to their possible contributions tolaparoscopic and laparotomic surgery.

Key words:
laparoscopy, contribution, comparison, classical surgery.