Minimally Invasive Surgery Center

Lima Memorial offers minimally invasive surgery for many surgical procedures. The benefits of minimally invasive surgery includes significantly less pain, fewer side effects, less scarring, a shorter recovery period, and a faster return to normal activities than traditional or "open" surgery.

What is minimally invasive surgery?

Minimally invasive surgery is the use of tiny tools and small incisions (cuts) to diagnose and repair surgical problems. Some of these tools are as small as a pencil. Some of the incisions are only as wide a pencil. In many cases, patients can go home the same day as the surgery after many minimally invasive procedures. Depending on the specific surgery performed, patients may still need to stay in the hospital overnight or for a few days, but the recovery period is generally shorter for minimally invasive procedures, allowing for a faster return to normal activities. 

For most minimally invasive procedures, the surgeon uses a tiny telescope-like instrument (arthroscope or laparoscope) connected to a tiny video camera or a light source that lets him or her see inside the body. Video monitors in the operating room show the inside of the patient's body. The surgeon repairs the problem by passing tiny surgical instruments through the arthroscope, endoscope, or laparoscope, or through other small incisions.

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