Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) and minimally invasive nonendoscopic thyroidectomy (MINET) represent well accepted and reproducible techniques developed with the main goal to improve cosmetic outcome, accelerate healing, and increase patient's comfort following thyroid surgery. Between 2007 and 2011, a prospective nonrandomized study of patients undergoing minimally inva...

For many abdominal procedures, advantages such as minimal scarring, reduced pain, and faster recovery have made laparoscopy the favored approach over traditional open surgery. The most recent minimally invasive approach is natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), which limits morbidity because this surgery does not require incision. This article reviews the history, development,...

Minimally invasive surgery in children has evolved to the extent that complex procedures can be performed with safety, with comparable outcomes to open surgery and with the advantages of minimal scarring and less pain. In this article, we describe the latest laparoscopic techniques used at Juntendo University Hospital in Japan, for treating conditions affecting the porta hepatis, focusing on bi...

To the Editors: We write to share experience in COVID-19 transmission control at our hospital, National Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery (CNCMA) Havana, Cuba. The institution is national reference center for application, training and research related minimally invasive surgical procedures.[1] From April through October, 2020, 719 surgeries were performed 3529 […]

The burden of major trauma, predominantly blunt in nature, continues to rise in most countries. More often the young are affected with lifelong debilitating consequences. Minimally invasive techniques, such as laparoscopic procedures, have become standard for the treatment of many surgical conditions, being able to minimize the impact of surgery, to reduce postoperative pain, time in hospital, ...

Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of hip and knee pathology in the geriatric population. Hip and knee arthroplasty are the definitive interventions to alleviate pain and restore physical functioning. Complications related to these procedures do occur: the most com-mon of these are infection, thromboembolism, dislocations, and periprosthetic fractures. New improvements related to minimally inv...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this systematic review is to analyse the results of operative treatment for midportion Achilles tendinopathy and to provide evidence based recommendation for the indication of the individual published techniques. METHODS MEDLINE, Cochrane Database, ISI Web of Knowledge and Google databases (1945 till September 2014) were electronically searched. The quality of the in...