What is minimally invasive surgery?

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a new way of performing standard operations of proven efficacy using techniques which inflict less harm physiological assault to the body to significantly reduced complications such as blood loss, infection and pain, thus resulting in significantly speedier recovery and improved functional outcome.

Also referred to as “keyhole” surgery, MIS is carried out with specially designed long instruments which are inserted through small holes made into the various body cavities to and surgery is performed under vision through specially designed telescopes which afford detailed close up views.

Robotic surgery is a form of keyhole surgery but the specially designed operating instruments not hand held but connected to robotic arms which are under surgeon’s full control. The robotic eye, a stereoscopic high resolution telescope gives surgeon detailed close range view of internal body parts in 3-dimensions.

The surgeon sits at a control console where he gets a 3-dimensional view from the robotic eye and actuates control levels in a way similar to but a lot more sophisticated than those in console computer games. These control levers in turn move the instruments to produce the desired action of cutting, separating tissue, stitching and sealing bleeding vessels in a way more precise than what bare hands can do.

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