This is an exciting opportunity to communicate with people who may be considering this type of surgery. In minimally invasive surgery, large incisions are not used. Instead, surgeons use tiny instruments and operate through five small openings.
Surgeons view the patient's internal organs on a TV monitor.
The entire procedure is performed inside the abdomen after gas has been inserted to expand the abdomen. UPMC surgeons have pioneered a number of minimally invasive surgery techniques, which are used at the UPMC in more than 100 different surgical procedures.