As with all medical and surgical procedures, laparoscopy may also involve some risks. Bleeding or lesions of the abdominal organs, such as the intestinal tract, may occur. The greater or lesser likelihood of complications is closely related to the complexity of the surgery; the risk is less, for example, when performing a diagnostic laparoscopy rather than in the case where action is taken during a severe case of endometriosis.
The percentages of risk are also connected to the characteristics of the patient. If, for example, there is a marked obesity, performing laparoscopy is, in most cases, impossible.
More difficulties and complications are therefore more likely to be put in relation to the patient’s medical history. In the case that a woman has in fact already undergone abdominal surgery, there could be adhesions in the abdominal cavity creating a complex situation. Therefore, in the presence of technical difficulties or complications, it may become necessary, in some cases, to resort to a surgical laparotomy and then perform traditional surgery on the abdomen.
In the hours following the surgery, the woman does not have to worry about the presence of shoulder pain caused by the gas introduced into the abdomen to make her relaxing. This will disappear spontaneously within 24 hours. In some cases, you may use endopelvic drainageto avoid this unpleasant side-effect. Another possible consequence is the appearance, in the days following the surgery, of some blood loss from the vagina. This can be caused by the use of the "manipulator", the instrument that is used to mobilize the uterus during surgery, but there is no cause for particular concern, because the organ will spontaneously return to be normal within a few days.