minimally invasive surgery

surgery /sur·gery/ (ser´jer-e)

1. the branch of medicine that treats diseases, injuries, and deformities by manual or operative methods.

2. the place in a hospital, or doctor's or dentist's office, where surgery is performed.

3. in Great Britain, a room or office where a doctor sees and treats patients.

4. the work performed by a surgeon.

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antiseptic surgery  surgery using antiseptic methods.

aseptic surgery  that performed in an environment so free from microorganisms that significant infection or suppuration does not supervene.

bench surgery  surgery performed on an organ that has been removed from the body, after which it is reimplanted.

conservative surgery  surgery designed to preserve, or to remove with minimal risk, diseased or injured organs, tissues, or limbs.

cytoreductive surgery  debulking.

dental surgery  oral and maxillofacial s.

general surgery  that which deals with surgical problems of all kinds, rather than those in a restricted area, as in a surgical specialty such as neurosurgery.

major surgery  surgery involving the more important, difficult, and hazardous operations.

minimally invasive surgery  surgery done with only a small incision or no incision at all, such as through a cannula with a laparoscope or endoscope.

minor surgery  surgery restricted to management of minor problems and injuries.

Mohs' surgery  see under technique.

oral and maxillofacial surgery  the branch of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis and surgical and adjunct treatment of diseases and defects of the mouth and dental structures.

plastic surgery  surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, correction, or improvement in shape and appearance of body structures that are defective, damaged, or misshapen by injury, disease, or growth and development.

radical surgery  surgery designed to extirpate all areas of locally extensive disease and adjacent zones of lymphatic drainage.

stereotactic surgery , stereotaxic surgery any of several techniques for the production of sharply circumscribed lesions in specific tiny areas of pathologic tissue in deep-seated brain structures after locating the discrete structure by means of three-dimensional coordinates.

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minimally invasive surgery,

surgery done with only a small incision or no incision at all, such as through a cannula with a laparoscope or endoscope.

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surgery [sur´jer-e]

1. the branch of health science that treats diseases, injuries, and deformities by manual or operative methods.

2. the place where operative procedures are performed.

3. in Great Britain, a room or office where a doctor sees and treats patients.

4. the work performed by a surgeon; see also operation and procedure. adj., adj sur´gical.

ambulatory surgery any operative procedure not requiring an overnight stay in the hospital; it must be carefully planned to ensure that all necessary diagnostic tests are completed prior to admission. Discharge instructions must place a high priority on patient safety. Called also day surgery.

bench surgery surgery performed on an organ that has been removed from the body, after which it is reimplanted.

day surgery ambulatory surgery.

maxillofacial surgery oral and maxillofacial s.

minimal access surgery (minimally invasive surgery) a surgical procedure done in a manner that causes little or no trauma or injury to the patient, such as through a cannula using lasers, endoscopes, or laparoscopes; compared with other procedures, those in this category involve less bleeding, smaller amounts of anesthesia, less pain, and minimal scarring.

open heart surgery surgery that involves incision into one or more chambers of the heart, such as for repair or palliation of congenital heart defects, repair or replacement of defective heart valves, or coronary artery bypass.

oral surgery oral and maxillofacial s.

oral and maxillofacial surgery that branch of dental practice that deals with the diagnosis and the surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects of the human mouth and dental structures. Called also maxillofacial or oral surgery.

orthopedic surgery orthopedics.

plastic surgery see plastic surgery.

stereotaxic surgery the production of sharply localized lesions in the brain after precise localization of the target tissue by use of three-dimensional coordinates.

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minimally invasive surgery

Laparoscopic surgery, see there. See Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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Patient discussion about minimally 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!!