Surgery requiring small incision(s), usually performed with endoscopic visualization.
Surgery requiring one or more small incisions instead of a single large incision. It is usually performed with endoscopic or microscopic instruments. The goal of minimally invasive surgery is to decrease pain, decrease hospital stays, and save costs. The risks are often slightly greater than with conventional “open” surgery.
General procedures that avoid long cuts by entering the body through small entry incisions with long-handled instruments to operate on tissue within the body using viewing equipment for guidance.
A type of surgery involving small incision(s). It is usually performed with the aid of endoscopic visualization.
Surgery requiring small incisions, which most often involves using the aid of endoscopic visualization.
Surgery not conducted through a large incision which thereby avoids serious tissue damage and long recuperation periods. Also known as 'keyhole surgery'.
A procedure carried out by a surgeon through a small incision using specialized equipment and endoscopic , or other visualization techniques not requiring direct access. In cardiology, this refers to procedures that do not require large chest incisions or opening of the sternum.
Minimally Invasive Surgery (also known as MIS, minimal access, keyhole surgery, laparoscopic, or endoscopic surgery) is a major advance in bringing to patients the excellent results of traditional surgical procedures, while eliminating the most physically and emotionally traumatic elements: the pain and lengthy recovery from "open" surgery. Minimally invasive surgery means having a minimum of interference with the patient's normal physiological function. Advances in laparoscopic surgery allow surgeons access to complex patient anatomy through very small incisions instead of the large incisions associated with conventional "open" surgery. Patients experience less pain and shorter recovery times.
performing surgery through small incisions with the use of scoped for visualization.
Surgery done through multiple small incisions rather than a large, open procedure. .
Surgery that is based on the concept that patient outcomes are improved with less surgical trauma. The main example is laparoscopic procedures
An approach to surgery whereby operations are performed with specialized instruments designed to be inserted through small incisions or natural body openings. This avoids the need for large incisions, minimizing bleeding and trauma to the body.
In orthopedics, an approach to joint replacement surgery where operations are performed with specialized instruments designed to be inserted through smaller incisions than traditional. Minimally Invasive Surgery avoids the need for large incisions, minimizing bleeding and trauma to the body, reducing post-operative pain, and allowing shorter recovery times.
any technique involved in surgery that does not require a large incision. (See also endoscopy, abdominoscopy, or laparoscopy.)
a new technique used to perform surgery on the joints; involves a smaller incision and therefore less cutting of normal tissues and muscles resulting in a smaller scar, less post-operative pain and a faster return to normal activities.
Surgery done through very small incisions with miniature instruments.
Surgical techniques designed to reduce surgical trauma and recovery time by minimizing surgical incisions through the use of laparoscopic and other procedures.
Procedural techniques that limit the size of abdominal incisions by using small incisions to gain access to the surgical site. See larger view
Minimally invasive surgery (also known as MIS, minimal access, keyhole surgery, laparoscopic, or endoscopic surgery) is intended to eliminate the most physically and emotionally traumatic elements of conventional open surgery, including pain and lengthy recovery. Advances in MIS allow surgeons access to affected tissues and organs through very small incisions.
Surgery that does not require the larger and open incisions of traditional surgery.