What is MIS?
Endoscopy/Minimally Invasive Surgery /Minimal access surgery provides an alternative to open surgery. It is a common term used for Hysteroscopy & Laparoscopy.
MIS is considered a technologically advanced, less invasive approach to surgery. It is essential that the surgeon has special training and skills in this technique.
How is MIS different from open surgery?
Unlike open surgery which uses an 8- to 10-inch cut to open the abdomen, MIS approach involves very small incisions (¼ or ½ inches long). Through these small incisions, a fibre optic tube (the laparoscope) connected to a camera and long-reaching instruments are inserted. The surgery is conducted with the aid of images that the surgeon sees on the monitor in front of him.
Is MIS costlier then open surgery?
As one may be apprehensive about the cost, the overall expenses of MIS turn out to be the same as open surgery. Although MIS requires the use of latest technology and sophisticated equipment, as the hospital stay and the intake of drugs is reduced the cost is comparable, if not less than open surgery.
What are the benefits of MIS?
MIS uses the same time tested surgical principles, but with many advantages, some of which are
- Less pain
- Small scars
- Short hospital stay
- Less blood loss
- Less chance of wound infection, adhesions
- Fast recovery
- Early resumption of daily activities
What is Minimal Access Surgery (MAS)?
Minimal access surgery is a specialised surgical procedure to assess disease or remove growths with minimal scarring and less recovery time. In open surgery, surgeons usually cut about 8-10inches. With the minimal access technique, the incision is usually about ¼ – ½ inch long. A smaller incision forms a much smaller scar. Recovery time is less and in most cases the patient is discharged within a day or two of the surgery.
How is Minimal Access Surgery different from Open Surgery (OS)?
In open surgery, which is the traditional way of performing a surgery, surgeons make long cuts through skin, muscle and sometimes bone. Recovery from open surgery takes a longer time, and it is usually painful.
Minimal access procedures are performed through one or more small incisions, and hence there is minimum scarring, and recovery is much faster and almost painless.
Although there are a number of laparoscopic techniques, Minimal Access Surgery surgeons normally insert an endoscope, a long thin tube with a lighted camera at its tip, through a small incision. The camera sends a two-dimensional image of the surgical site to a high-definition monitor, which the surgeon watches throughout the procedure. Specially designed surgical instruments are inserted through the original cut or through other small incisions.
How many incisions are made in MAS?
The incision measure about ¼ to ½ inch & can vary from two to four depending on the indication for surgery.
What are the major benefits of MAS? Are the equipments used for Minimal Access Surgery the same as for open surgery?
Equipments used for Minimal Access Surgery are different from those in open surgery. Fiber Optic cables, miniature video cameras and special surgical instruments handled via tubes inserted into the body through small incisions are some of them. An external video monitor is used to display the images of the interior of the body. The surgeon has the possibility of making a diagnosis, and acting surgically on it by looking at these images.
What does endoscopy mean?
Endoscopy means looking inside. It usually refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an endoscope. Hysteroscopy & Laparoscopy are both parts of Endoscopy. Unlike most other medical imaging devices, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ.