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• Quicker recovery
• Shorter hospital stay
• Less scarring
• Reduced pain
Surgeons have been successfully using minimally invasive surgery since the late 1980s. In minimally invasive surgery doctors make one or several small incisions (each about the size of a dime), as opposed to traditional “open” surgery that involves a large incision. Then, doctors insert tubes through each of the small incisions. A tiny camera (usually a laparoscope or endoscope) is passed through a tube, allowing the surgical team to view magnified images on video monitors. Specialized instruments pass through the other small incisions to perform the actual procedure.
Because minimally invasive surgery incisions are much smaller than traditional “open” incisions your body heals faster, allowing for a shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery. And because the incisions are so small there is less scarring and reduced pain.