Minimally Invasive Surgery
Peeping toms are condemned; but peeping surgeons are hailed - Dr. Raveenthiran
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The Future of Surgery: Less Cutting, More Robots
The inside of the human body is dark and closed off—for the most part—from the world around it. This is usually an advantage. But when something goes wrong and surgeons believe they can fix it, they need to open up the body's barriers and see inside. The most obvious strategy—an incision long enough to give the doctor a clear view—comes with its own complications, which is why, for centuries, surgeons have been testing tools and techniques that allow them to see and work inside the human body without slicing it wide open.
It's only in the past 30 years, though, that they've actually gotten good at it.
At the most basic level, looking inside the human body might involve putting…
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The Future of Surgery: Less Cutting, More Robots
In the past few years, surgeons have been pushing to make these less invasive surgeries almost entirely invisible. Instead of cutting a tiny window in the outside of the body, they thought, why not cut one inside? Surgeons would first enter a person's body through a "natural orifice" and make one small incision, through which to access internal organs. The end result of this idea was that, in 2009, a surgeon removed a woman's kidney through her vagina.
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In minimally invasive surgery, surgeons use a variety of techniques to operate with less injury to the body than with open surgery. In general, it is safer than open surgery and allows you to recover faster and heal with less pain and scarring. Minimally invasive surgery is usually done on an outpatient basis or requires only a short hospital stay.
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