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What is minimally invasive surgery?
Minimally invasive surgeries use small incisions in the skin through which specialized instruments are inserted. A small video camera is usually inserted so the surgeon can see what he or she is doing by watching the camera’s image on a video monitor. By contrast, traditional surgeries involve large incisions to open up the affected area.

What are the advantages of minimally invasive surgeries?
Because the incisions are smaller with minimally invasive techniques, patients have less blood loss, less scarring, and less post-operative pain. Often, minimally invasive surgeries are performed on an outpatient basis. Many can be done under local anesthesia. Patients can usually resume their normal activities sooner then with traditional surgery.

Patients should discuss the pros and cons of choosing minimally invasive surgery with their physicians, because although these advantages are generally true, each case may vary.

What procedures do the Minimally Invasive Surgery Group offer?

General Surgery

• laparoscopic nissen fundoplication
• diagnostic laparoscopy
• laparoscopic splenectomy
• laparoscopic appendectomy
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• laparoscopic colorectal and bowel surgery
• laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
• laparoscopic drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst surgery
• laparoscopic gastric surgery
• laparoscopic herniorraphy
• laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter surgery

OB/Gyn

• laparoscopic hysterectomy
• treatment of tubal pregnancy
• minimally invasive female sterilization
• hysteroscopy
• laparoscopic removal of ovarian cysts
• endometrial ablation

Orthopedics

• arthroscopic hip surgery
• arthroscopic knee surgery
• arthroscopic shoulder surgery

Plastic Surgery

• endoscopic browlift
• endoscopic carpal tunnel release

Thoracic

• video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

Urology

• diagnostic laparoscopy
• laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
• laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• laparoscopic nephrectomy
• laparoscopic pyeloplasty
  

Who are the members of the Kaiser Permanente Minimally Invasive Surgery Group?