The Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Surgery is sometimes a necessary step in treating sports injuries and other chronic conditions. However, surgery does not have to be a daunting or troublesome experience in order to treat many of these conditions and injuries, as minimally invasive surgical options are available and beneficial. At New York Sports Medicine Institute, our Orthopedic Surgeon in Manhattan offers a procedure called minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery.

What is Minimally Invasive Arthroscopic Surgery?

Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that can be used as a beneficial alternative to traditional surgery. Minimally invasive surgery reduces the severity and side effects of surgical procedures. 

How Does Minimally Invasive Surgery Work?

In minimally invasive surgery, the surgeon creates small incisions, which they use to insert tubes and extremely small cameras into the body. This allows the surgeon to operate with a very low degree of damage done to the body, especially when compared to traditional open surgery. 

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Traditional surgical options might require large cuts and deep scarring, but minimally invasive surgery uses techniques that limit the effects and risks of open surgery. 

Benefits: The Procedure

Minimally invasive surgery reduces the:

  • Size of surgical incisions
  • Number of surgical incisions
  • Time spent in the hospital (or outpatient facility)

Benefits: Post-Surgery and Recovery

Minimally invasive surgeries also help to reduce post-surgery pain and surgical complications and consistently have shorter patient recovery times. 

Reduced recovery time is especially important and beneficial in the long-term for those with sports-related injuries so that athletes can get back to playing as soon as possible. In fact, minimally invasive surgery has allowed athletes to return to their sports longterm, where other types of surgical procedures could have ended their careers. 

Shorter recovery times will also allow a quicker return to work and other physical activity – there are no postoperative restrictions due to the small size of surgical incisions.

Benefits: Long Term Results 

An additional benefit of minimally invasive surgery is reduced scarring and improved cosmetic results. Traditional surgical options, including open surgery and invasive procedures, often require surgeons to make large, deep incisions into the body. These types of incisions can create a variety of different types of scarring, which can range from fine line, red scars, scarring with tissue overgrowth, pitted or sunken scars, and more. 

These types of scars can take up to two years to fade and lighten in color. However, this type of traditional surgical scarring seldom completely disappears. Contrarily, minimally invasive surgery produces very different results in patient scarring and cosmetic results. Due to the fact that minimally invasive surgery uses smaller, shorter incisions, the scars from this type of procedure are nearly invisible three months post-operation. 

Now that you’re aware of all the various benefits of minimally invasive surgery, both at the time of operation as well as post-surgical recovery, it’s important to learn if your condition is one that is usually treatable through this procedure. 

What Conditions Can Minimally Invasive Surgery Treat? 

There are a variety of sports-related injuries and chronic conditions that NYSMI’s orthopedic surgeon in Manhattan can effectively treat with minimally invasive surgery. These include injuries and conditions of the following areas:

  • Shoulders
  • Knee
  • Hip
  • Elbow
  • Foot
  • Ankle
  • Hand
  • Wrist

Causes of Conditions That Minimally Invasive Surgery Can Treat: 

Although not all of these conditions require minimally invasive surgery, and each case and patient is different, the most common causes of injuries and conditions of the above areas include but are not limited to:

  • Inflammation
  • Instability
  • Fracture
  • Arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Tendonitis

If you think you have a condition that could be treated with minimally invasive surgery, our orthopedic surgeon in Manhattan at NYSMI is happy to speak with you to find out the best treatment options to suit your specific needs. 

How Our Orthopedic Surgeon in Manhattan Can Help

New York Sports Medicine Institute provides a variety of treatment options for sports-related injuries and chronic conditions. In addition to minimally invasive surgery, our experienced Orthopedic Surgeon provides treatment options for patients 3 years old and up, including:

  • Injury and chronic condition evaluation
  • Hip, knee, and shoulder total joint replacement
  • Physical therapy
  • Concussion care

Visit the Testimonials page of our website to find out what our patients are saying about our Orthopedic Surgeon in Manhattan, and contact us to make an appointment and find out if minimally invasive surgery is the right option to help treat your injury or chronic condition. 

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