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Minimally invasive procedures (also known as minimally invasive surgeries) encompass

medical technologies have enabled the development and regular use of minimally invasive procedures. For example, endovascular aneurysm repair, a minimally invasive surgery, has become the most common method of repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms in the US as of 2003. The procedure involves much smaller incisions than the corresponding open surgery procedure of open aortic surgery.[1]

Interventional radiologists were the forerunners of minimally invasive procedures. Using imaging techniques, radiologists were able to direct interventional instruments through the body by way of catheters instead of the large incisions needed in traditional surgery. As a result, many conditions once requiring surgery can now be treated non-surgically.[2]

Diagnostic techniques that do not involve incisions, puncturing the skin, or the introduction of foreign objects or materials into the body are known as non-invasive procedures.[3] Several treatment procedures are classified as non-invasive. A major example of a non-invasive alternative treatment to surgery is radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy.[4]

Medical uses

Arthroscopic surgery

Minimally invasive procedures were pioneered by

laparoscopic devices and remote-control manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or large scale display panel, and is carried out through the skin or through a body cavity or anatomical opening. Interventional radiology now offers many techniques that avoid the need for surgery.[2]

By use of a minimally invasive procedure, a patient may require only an

British Medical Journal in 1987.[6]

Specific procedures

Flexible endoscope

Many medical procedures are called minimally invasive; those that involve small incisions through which an endoscope is inserted, end in the suffix -oscopy, such as

SPECT (single photon emission tomography). Related procedures are image-guided surgery, and robot-assisted surgery.[7]

Equipment

Special

video monitor and the surgeon has the possibility of making a diagnosis, visually identifying internal features and acting surgically on them.[8]

Benefits

Minimally invasive

heart surgery.[10]

Risks

Risks and complications of minimally invasive procedures are the same as for any other

thromboembolic disease.[11]

There may be an increased risk of hypothermia and peritoneal trauma due to increased exposure to cold, dry gases during insufflation. The use of surgical humidification therapy, which is the use of heated and humidified CO2 for insufflation, may reduce this risk.[12]

Invasive procedures

Angioplasty

Sometimes the use of non-invasive methods is not an option, so that the next level of minimally invasive techniques are looked to. These include the use of

laparoscopic surgery commonly called keyhole surgery, a coronary catheter, angioplasty and stereotactic surgery.[citation needed
]

Open surgery

See also: General surgery

"Open surgery" is any surgical procedure where the

microscopes. Some examples of open surgery used are for herniated disc commonly called a "slipped disc", and most types of cardiac surgery and neurosurgery.[medical citation needed
]

See also

References

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  5. ^ "Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures". MeSH - NCBI. Archived from the original on Sep 29, 2023.
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  11. ^ "Minimally Invasive Surgery. Keyhole Surgery information". patient.info. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  12. PMID 18639246
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