Patients tend to recover more quickly after keyhole surgery and have fewer side effects. There is little scarring after keyhole surgery which is a boon to people who are self-conscious. One side effect of ‘open’ surgery – minimised with keyhole surgery – is ‘adhesions’. This is where internal organs stick together and form bands of scar tissue, which can be painful and cause obstruction. Adhesions have been proven to occur less often in adults after keyhole surgery, and the risk of adhesions in children after keyhole surgery is thought to be less as well.
