Benefits of laparoscopic surgery compared to open surgery include decreases in pain, recovery time, intra-abdominal scar tissue, wound infections, abdominal scar size, wound breakdown and length of hospital stay. It is routinely performed in high-income countries; however, the surgery is expensive and demands a great amount of infrastructure to maintain equipment. This project team aims to advance the device from the prototype stage to a viable commercial product for patients in LMICs.
Sustainable Laparoscopic Surgery for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Poster by Natalie Rozman, Enakshi Sunassee, Aryaman Gupta, Cayla Schuval, Arushi Biswas, Bailey Knight, Shreyas Rulkarni, Meredith Brown, Tiff Jiang, Sarah Hubner, Samantha Kost, Caroline Maloney, Pratik Doshi, Judy Ho, Sarah Dunn Phillips, Jenna Mueller and Tamara Fitzgerald