Minimally invasive surgery refers to operative techniques that achieve therapeutic goals through small incisions or natural orifices rather than large open exposures, using specialised instruments, endoscopic or laparoscopic visualisation, and image guidance. By limiting tissue disruption, these approaches aim to re…
Minimally invasive surgery refers to operative techniques that achieve therapeutic goals through small incisions or natural orifices rather than large open exposures, using specialised instruments, endoscopic or laparoscopic visualisation, and image guidance. By limiting tissue disruption, these approaches aim to reduce operative trauma, blood loss, postoperative pain, and length of stay, and to accelerate recovery while preserving the precision required for complex procedures. The field encompasses laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery, endoscopic and percutaneous interventions, image-guided and laser-assisted procedures, and emerging non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic methods that further reduce patient burden. Its development depends on advances in optics, instrumentation, anaesthetic management for confined access, and rigorous evaluation of outcomes against conventional surgery, including in elderly and high-risk patients. Allied to surgery are non-invasive screening and monitoring technologies, such as continuous blood-glucose measurement, biomarker-based cancer screening, and molecular diagnostics, that reduce the need for invasive sampling. The peer-reviewed research collected under this topic addresses laparoscopic versus open procedures and their physiological effects, non-invasive screening for prostate and colorectal cancer, fetal and neurosurgical applications, and adjunctive non-invasive techniques, reflecting the discipline's broad commitment to reducing the physiological impact of intervention while maintaining diagnostic accuracy and surgical effectiveness.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 127 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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