Minimally invasive surgery refers to any surgical procedure that is performed through tiny incisions instead of a large opening. Because your surgeon will make smaller incisions, you will likely have a quicker recovery time and less pain than traditional open surgery but with the same benefits as traditional surgery.

During minimally invasive surgery, your Surgeon will make several small incisions in your skin, typically a few millimeters long. Your surgeon will then insert an endoscope into one of the incisions. Images from the endoscope are sent to monitors in the operating room so that your surgeon can view clear, magnified pictures of the area needing surgery. Your surgeon will then insert surgical instruments through the other incisions, allowing your surgeon to perform the surgery on whatever’s wrong inside your body.