Flexible transgastric peritoneoscopy
The Flexible Transgastric peritoneoscopy is a surgical operation method for procedures in the abdominal cavity, which in July 2004 by a US medical team of Johns Hopkins University in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy was presented. What is new is that with this method, even minimally invasive cuts through the abdominal wall could be avoided in the future.
In a way, FTP is a laparoscopic method; H. a so-called keyhole surgery, in which the smallest possible access to the operating area is chosen. The instruments that are used for FTP are similar to known tools in surgery or are further developments optimized for the new type of access.
The endoscope and surgical instruments are inserted into the abdominal cavity through the mouth and stomach. So far, this technique has been tested using liver biopsies in pigs under general anesthesia . The experiments were successful; no infections or other complications occurred in any of the animals .
Action
The surgeon gains access to the stomach practically by gastroscopy ( gaster = Greek stomach , skopein = Greek see ). In the further course of the can by a minimum cutting stomach wall and the peritoneum , the surgical instruments are brought to the internal organs. Many abdominal and abdominal organs such as the liver , pancreas , gall bladder or uterus can be reached with it. The stomach wall heals faster than skin tissue, so that patient stress is reduced. Of course, the further improved cosmetic result after such an operation is also in focus.
Before FTP can be used on human patients, researchers need to further improve their equipment.
