| A team of doctors at RG Stone and Super Speciality | | | | needloscopy on May 9. In this procedure, |
| Hospital, successfully performed a highly advanced | | | | state-of-the-art miniature laparoscope (4 mm), also |
| needloscopy operation on three and a half year old girl, | | | | known as needloscope, was used and only three very |
| Anisha for removal of gall stones. It was the first | | | | small holes of 5 mm were made through the |
| surgical procedure of its kind in Punjab (India). | | | | abdomen. After 72 hours of observation, the patient |
| The surgery known as “micro-invasive laparoscopic | | | | was found to have fully recovered.” |
| cholecystectomy or needloscopy” was performed | | | | Dr Jolly said gall stones were earlier treated |
| by Dr H.S. Jolly, Chief Laparoscopic Surgeon at the | | | | conventionally by open cholecystectomy, but with the |
| centre, who was assisted by Dr Anand Sehgal, | | | | development of laparoscopy and minimal invasive |
| Uurologist, and Dr Bhupinder Pal Singh, Consultant | | | | surgical techniques, laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
| Anesthesiologist. | | | | was the treatment of choice even in children. Dr Jolly |
| Dr Jolly informed that Anisha had been complaining of | | | | claimed that the advantages of needloscopy over the |
| pain in the abdomen for close to a year but all | | | | routine laparoscopic surgery were invisible scar, lesser |
| medications had failed to help her. With time, she also | | | | hospital stay, lesser pain and lesser requirement of |
| developed recurrent nausea and vomiting along with | | | | medication. |
| generalised weakness. As her symptoms worsened, | | | | Moreover, the minimal invasive surgery, or for that |
| her parents brought her to city hospital. | | | | matter a procedure like needloscopy, was not that |
| “Thorough examination and investigations revealed | | | | expensive and cost almost the same like traditional |
| that Anisha had a stone in her gall bladder, which was | | | | surgery, if shorter stay in the hospital and fast |
| the reason for her agony. She was admitted to the | | | | recovery were taken in consideration. |
| hospital on May 8 where the child underwent | | | | |