Author: Raynetta Stansil, Clinical Educator

Minimally invasive surgery is contrasted from open surgery because of its nature: instead of opening the body and cutting through large areas of tissue to operate, a surgeon will make small surgical incisions to gain…

Unlike open surgery, minimally invasive surgery allows doctors to operate with less damage to the body, leading to less pain, fewer complications, and an overall shorter hospital stay for patients. For example, laparoscopy, one of…