Invasive surgery

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Invasive surgery

A form of surgery that involves making an incision in the patient's body and inserting instruments or other medical devices into it.

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Patient discussion about Invasive surgery.

Q. How successful s minimally invasive surgery for knee replacements?

A. Approximately 300,000 knee replacements are performed each year in the United States. and it said that 90% of the people who had a total knee replacement report an improvement in their function. i searched the CDC statistics for failure of the surgery and couldn't find any info about it. but as i said- it's a very common surgery. my grandmother had a hip joint replacement due to arthritis, it helped.
here is something that might help you to prepare for the surgery:

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00220#Understand the Procedure

good luck!!

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Babineau previously held numerous leadership positions at Boston Medical Center including vice chairman of surgery, chief of gastrointestinal surgery and director of minimally invasive surgery.

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