3D Laparoscopic Surgery

Saint Agnes Medical Center surgeons are the first between Los Angeles and San Francisco to use the world’s only articulating, high-definition, 3D surgical video system from Olympus. The state-of-the-art surgical video system enables surgeons to perform minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries with greater speed and accuracy – resulting in shorter operating times and improved patient outcomes.

Laparoscopic surgery is performed through small 1-cm incisions guided with a laparoscope, a long fiber optic cable camera system that allows viewing of the affected area. Until now, the camera inside the scope was only capable of producing two dimensional images.

The 3D scope has two cameras side-by-side, making for better image quality. The two different channels are then superimposed and displayed on operating room monitors. When paired with wearing 3D glasses, the guess work about depth perception is eliminated, making it easier for physicians to grasp, suture, and accurately identify tissue planes.

The 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System is used for the following surgeries:

• Hernia repair
• Appendectomy
• Colectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Nephrectomy
• Hysterectomy