The word "minimally invasive surgery" is a bit confusing. Is it really just a minor operation?

Minimally invasive surgery? This word is confusing. Minimally invasive surgery is really not just a minor operation. The wound cut on the skin surface is relatively small, but the operation involving internal organs of the body is also relatively large. Just like many major operations, some even need to remove some organs or nodules of the body.

Minimally invasive surgery is to make a small incision on the skin surface and put it into a thoracoscope or other endoscope. With the help of the imaging system, doctors can observe the diseased parts of the body and then treat the diseased parts of patients with instruments. So this kind of operation is the same as the traditional operation, not caused by simple minor operation, but with small incision. Other operating procedures are the same as normal operation. Minimally invasive surgery causes relatively few muscle injuries, generally does not cause too much bleeding, and can heal as soon as possible after surgery, without obvious discomfort to the patient's body, and other structural injuries will be relatively small.

During minimally invasive surgery, there will be more carbon dioxide gas because there is no big wound. At this time, it may cause some damage to the patient's excitement function. If some patients suffer from basic cardiovascular diseases, it may be life-threatening. At the same time, minimally invasive surgery also has a very big problem, that is, the cost is relatively high, because the medical equipment involved is not used in traditional surgery, so the cost will be relatively expensive, which may be beyond the reach of most families. Moreover, minimally invasive injury may be more difficult than traditional surgery.

Finally, it should be noted that minimally invasive surgery does not mean that the patient's disease can be completely cured. Clinically, there are still some diseases that may not be suitable for minimally invasive surgery. The specific disease still depends on the symptoms of the patient.