Sunday, October 30, 2016

Minimally Invasive Surgeries

By: Lesly Morales







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             Doctors have replaced regular surgery with minimally invasive surgery. What this means, is that instead of fully cutting open the skin/ organs, doctors now make small incisions approximately 3 or more ( like the picture above) and in those incisions they insert a camera and the instruments needed to complete the surgery. The camera is so the doctor can see what they are doing, which then eliminates the need to fully cut open the skin.
               The purpose for minimally invasive surgery is to operate with less damage to the skin, reduce trauma in the body, reduce blood loss, and speed recovery by performing the surgery with small tubes tiny cameras and surgical instruments. There are a variety of invasive surgeries which include but are not limited to adrenalectomy, gallbladder surgery, gastroenterologic surgery, kidney surgery, etc.
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2 comments:

  1. team mediaNovember 2, 2016 at 1:59 PM

    I thought this was interesting but I wasn't sure what the purpose of the post was. A little bit more information about the new technology would have also been nice. It's cool that the patient won't have to go through so much pain and recovery though.

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  2. WRA Dream TeamNovember 27, 2016 at 6:31 PM

    This was very interesting. I have heard about minimally invasive surgery, but I never really knew much about it. This post gave really good insight into what these procedures are and how they help

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