Minimally Invasive Surgery
What is minimally invasive surgery? It is the application of surgical procedures strategically planned to reduce the injury to the patient while accomplishing the same success rate for a particular operation. In some cases this may mean smaller incisions or it may mean avoiding an injurious process like the heart-lung bypass machine. In all cases the aim is better patient outcomes.
At Stamford Hospital, our surgeons and staff specialize in minimally invasive techniques which are used for a wide range of surgical procedures, across virtually all surgical disciplines. Surgeries that once required extensive hospital stays and long periods for recovery and recuperation are now routinely done utilizing minimally invasive approaches, often on an outpatient basis.
In comparison to conventional open surgery, the advantages of minimally invasive surgery for the patient include:
- less pain
- less blood loss
- faster recovery after surgery
- better cosmetic results
- quicker return to full function
Initially "minimally invasive surgery involved a small endoscopic camera and long, thin instruments threaded through natural body openings or small artificial incisions ('keyhole surgery'). Now we use tiny openings, advanced steerable instruments and in some cases robotic platforms like the Da Vinci Surgical System.
Common minimally invasive procedures done here at Stamford Hospital include:
- Aortic valve surgery
- Mitral valve surgery
- Tricuspid valve surgery
- Atrial septal defect closure, including patent foramen ovale surgery
- Atrial fibrillation surgery
- "Off-pump" coronary artery bypass surgery (without a cardiopulmonary bypass machine); also called minimally invasive direct coronary bypass
- Endoscopic Saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass surgery
- Laparoscopic/Robotic Colectomy
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic appendectomy
- Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
- Laparoscopic hernia repair
- Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery
- Laparoscopic lymph node biopsy
- Laparoscopic procedure for liver cysts
- Laparoscopic procedure for selected stomach surgery
- Laparoscopic splenectomy
- Laparoscopic treatment for small bowel tumors
- Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
- Endometrial ablation for excessive menstruation
- Hysteroscopic excision of submucosal fibroids
- Hysteroscopic polypectomies
- Laparoscopic/Robotic hysterectomies
- Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for cervical and uterine cancer
- Laparoscopic/hysteroscopic removal of fibroids
- Laparoscopic removal of benign ovarian cysts
- Laparoscopic repair of vesical vaginal fistulas
- Laparoscopic treatment of pelvic endometriosis
- Endoscopic resection of pituitary brain tumors
- Treatment of herniated lumbar and cervical disks
- Carpal tunnel release
- Minimally invasive spine fixations, decompression techniques
- Rotator cuff repair
- Shoulder instability repair
- Treatment of early joint arthritis
- Unicompartmental knee replacement
- Vertebroplasty
- Endoscopic removal of nasal/sinus tumors
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Transoral laser resection of malignant oropharyngeal/laryngeal tumors
- Minimally invasive Thyroid Surgery
- Minimally invasive Parathyroid surgery
- Laparoscopic fundoplication
- Thorascopic/Robotic myotomy for achalasia
- Laparoscopic repair of large hiatal hernia
- Thorascopic/Robotic lung resection
- Thorascopic/Robotic pleural resection
- Endoscopic procedures on the bladder and urinary tract
- Bladder procedures for bleeding
- Endoscopic and percutaneous treatments for kidney stones
- Endoscopic treatment of strictures in the upper urinary tract
- Laparoscopic/Robotic removal of a kidney or kidney tumor
- Laparoscopic/Robotic bladder Surgery
- Laparoscopic/Robotic prostate Surgery
- Endovascular treatment of carotid, renal, and peripheral arteries
- Endovascular repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms
- Radiofrequency or laser ablation of varicose veins
- Endovascular resection of venous thrombosis
For more information or to make an appointment please call
1-877-233-WELL (9355).