Minimally Invasive Surgery
New techniques that put less
stress on the body, minimize scarring, shorten hospital stays and greatly reduce
pain.
This coupled with the fact that we have the most experience with these types of
procedures in the region is giving more and more people the chance to live
better lives.
Minimally Invasive surgery has been used for nearly 30 years. But the procedure
has become more common and advanced with the development of such tools as
ultra-small video cameras and harmonic scalpels, which separate tissue by
vibrating at 50,000 cycles per second.
Minimally invasive surgery is often called keyhole surgery.
Not because of the shape of the surgical opening, but the relative size of it.
 It
can be compared to entering a room through a keyhole instead of a
door. The opening in this type of high-tech surgery is as small as a two
inch incision, small enough to be covered by a bandaid!
The benefits of minimally invasive surgeries are impressive. Here are some
recent statistics:
In most cases, hospital stays are reduced by 60 percent or more compared to
conventional surgery
The close of most common minimally invasive surgeries can be 30 percent less
than "open" surgeries
Recovery from minimally invasive surgery is faster and there is generally much
less discomfort
 Risks
associated with minimally invasive surgery are lessened, due to:
Less blood loss
Lowered chance of infection
Potential injury to surrounding tissue
Some of the medical situations where minimally invasive surgery can be
considered include:
Breast biopsy
Colon resection
Cardiovascular surgery
Fundoplication
Gastric bypass
Gynecological diagnosis and treatment
Hemorrhoids
Hernia repair
Hysterectomy
Nephrectomy
Orthopedics
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