Minimal Invasive Surgery
During minimally invasive surgery, one or more small incisions may be made in the body. A laparoscope (thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing) is inserted through one opening to guide the surgery. Tiny surgical instruments are inserted through other openings to do the surgery.
Overview
Minimally invasive surgery allows your surgeon to use techniques that limit the size and number of cuts, or incisions, that they need to make. It’s typically considered safer than open surgery. You’ll usually recover more quickly, spend less time in the hospital, and feel more comfortable while you heal.
In traditional open surgery, your surgeon makes one large cut to see the part of your body that they’re operating on. In minimally invasive surgery, your surgeon uses small tools, cameras, and lights that fit through several tiny cuts in your skin. This allows your surgeon to perform surgery without opening a lot of skin and muscle.
Some minimally invasive surgeries are done with robotic technology that allows more precise control over the surgery. Other minimally invasive surgeries are done without robotic assistance.
How does robotic surgery work?
Robotic surgery, or robotic-assisted surgery, is done with an electronic operating station that’s similar to a computer. From this station, your doctor or surgeon controls a high-definition camera and robotic arms that perform the surgery.
To perform most robotic-assisted surgeries, your doctor or surgeon will:
- Use anesthesia to keep you asleep throughout the surgery.
- Set up tools to be used by the robotic arms during the surgery.
- Make several small incisions where tools will be inserted.
- Insert tools attached to the robotic arms into your body through the incisions.
- Insert a narrow tube with a light and camera on it, called an endoscope, through another incision. This allows them to see the area they’re operating on.
- Perform the operation with the robotic arms while looking at endoscope images on the screen.
- Remove all tools from the incisions.
- Stitch the incisions shut once the procedure is done.
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