Camagüey, April 26.- The Laparoscopic Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair workshop is carried out to this day at the Eduardo Agramonte Piña Provincial Pediatric Hospital in the capital of Camagüey, after two days of intensive training for the center's specialists in a new technique for surgery of this congenital diagnosis.
Dr. Gustavo Adolfo Cala, a pediatric surgeon from Colombia, trained at the Camagüey institution, is the main professor in charge of transmitting to specialists and residents his wisdom and experience in this type of intervention, a fairly novel technique that he learned in his country, where practices the profession.
As advantages of this form of surgery, Gustavo Cala points out the reduction in surgical time and risks, as it is through minimal access it offers greater benefits to patients, with a much lower learning curve for those who train in the medical branch.
On the first day of the event, Professor Cala gave lectures and pre-surgical practices, and at the same time the four boys and five girls who will benefit from this treatment were evaluated during the meeting.
Dr. Mauro Castelló Gonzáles, a second-degree specialist in pediatric surgery with vast professional experience, explains that since they had never used this method, they saw the importance of benefiting from Dr. Cala for an academic and healthcare approach that at the same time will solve a problem. health in children of the province. Space that involves the pediatric surgery service of the institution and all professionals in general, with the support of the Provincial Council of Scientific Societies of the Carlos J. Finlay University, and the Government.
This type of minimal access technique for inguinal hernia is applicable only in infants, said Castelló Gonzáles, and assures that this condition represents the most frequent cause of elective surgery in children, being the one most frequently performed on a scheduled basis.
Dr. Castelló asserted that although some hospitals in the country practice this surgery, it is not systematic and that in an institution where they have the equipment, training and personnel, offering this type of surgical intervention increases the quality of services, which It does not mean that open correction is not a possibility because it is equally effective, but laparoscopic surgery has certain advantages over conventional surgery. (Text and photos: Adelante Digital)
