bangalore fiftyfiveyearold oyebamiji mojisola ester from nigeria underwent a hip replacement surgery at the hosmat arthritis and joint replacement centre ester who belongs to the jehovah witness faith refused to take blood from others with help of a computer navigation system with minimally invasive approach wherein the blood loss is significantly low she successfully underwent hip replacement without blood transfusion many patients from the us and africa of the jehovah witness faith who turn down blood transfusion come here for treatment with minimal invasive surgery recovery is faster within 24 hours of hip replacement the patient can start walking says dr thomas chandy chief of orthopaedics and managing director of hosmat hospital recently a team of cardiothoaracic surgeons along with the minimalaccess surgeon at wockhardt hospital conducted a live videoassisted surgery on two patients suffering from tumour in the chest and hyperhydrosis excessive sweating disorder in the traditional surgical approach the thoracic cavity has a single large incision placed between the patients ribs the ribs are then spread apart allowing the surgeon to look directly into the patients chest cavity these incisions are very painful and require the patient to stay in hospital longer in videoassisted surgery a small camera is introduced into the patients chest via an incision through the camera the surgeon views the chest cavity this reduces chest wall trauma deformity and postoperative pain it comes handy during macro neurosurgeries too in brain surgeries surrounding tissues of the operated area get affected because of which patients might suffer from disability incision minimizes such a threat earlier some neurosurgeries used to take up to 20 hours per surgery because of which neurosurgeons were known to work by the calendar with the advances made in technology we are getting used to hours and minutes we used to cut open onefourth or half of the skull for some surgeries in these minimally invasive surgeries morbidity is less recovery faster now not all head surgeries need to have the head shaved which has reduced the psychological press says dr venkataramana neurosurgeon and vicepresident of bgs global hospital the minimal invasive surgery has also made a breakthrough in cancer treatment the role of laparoscopic surgery in the removal of rectum compared to the traditional method is tremendous as the postoperative complications are less the minimally invasive approach has been beneficial in treating all types of cancer rectum colon stomach liver pancreas lung but conversions are common sometimes after conducting the minimally invasive surgery we may have to do the same surgery traditionally with bigger incision says dr kodaganur s gopinath director bangalore institute of oncology we are still in the infancy when it comes to minimal invasive surgeries generally these surgeries are recommended for lowrisk patients for highrisk cardiac patients we follow the regular procedure these fancy techniques are cosmetically beneficial leaving fewer scars says dr devi shetty chairman narayana health city most city hospitals are upgrading their technology to be on a par with international standards