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Having done the surgery, if they can complete it laparoscopically, it's realativiely "easy" on you and the surgeon and you are feeling good quickly. 3 to 4 little port holes and a small incision to remove the mass and you're out of the hospital generally within 24 hr post operatively.
Best of luck and make sure the surgeon has a track record of doing these laparoscopically....ask about major complication rates, % converted to open and why, etc. If they do 1 or less a month or so, find another surgeon, you would prefer someone who does these routinely just like for any other procedure, not that they are a weekly event except in some of the major university centers.
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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