What is Minimally Invasive Surgery?

In simple terms, minimally invasive surgery is done through small incisions. The surgeon operates through 3 or 4 tiny openings about the size of buttonholes, while viewing the patient's internal organs on a TV monitor. Using specialized techniques and tools that are the size of the tip of fountain pen, and with the aid of miniature cameras with microscopes, tiny fiber-optic flashlights and high definition monitors, Health Central surgeons in many specialties can perform surgeries that can be closed with just a stitch or two. Minimally invasive surgery is performed both on an inpatient (stay in the hospital) and outpatient (go home the same day) basis.