MIP is changing the way many people think about surgery. Patients who choose MIP over conventional surgery may no longer face lengthy recoveries and hospital stays. Instead, they are able to get back to the things that are important to them much sooner.

MIP, which includes laparoscopic surgery, uses state-of-the-art technology.  When performing MIP, the surgeon creates small, dime-sized incisions that allow the use of a miniature camera, or videoscope, and specialized instruments to perform the procedure—so there’s no need for a large, conventional incision.

For most procedures, surgeons trained in MIP use trocars (thin tubes) placed through three to five small, dime-sized incisions. After the trocars are inserted, carbon dioxide gas is used to inflate the abdomen and create a working space between the internal organs and the skin. Then a videoscope is placed through one of the trocars so that the surgical team can view the procedure from video monitors in the operating room. The image on the video monitors is magnified, which provides better visibility for the operating room staff. Specialized instruments are placed through the other trocars to perform the operation. In some procedures, like MIP for colon conditions, a slightly larger incision may be needed while in other procedures, such as MIP for hemorrhoid surgery, no incisions and no trocars are needed.

As more than 20 million Americans have already experienced, MIP offers significant benefits over conventional surgery. Are you a candidate for MIP? That’s a question you’ll need to discuss with your doctor. But MIP has been proven to provide outcomes equivalent to those of conventional surgery.

MIP is designed to get you back to the things that are important to you as quickly as possible. In fact, MIP has been proven to provide outcomes equivalent to those of conventional surgery and has many significant benefits over conventional surgery:

• Less Recovery Time - Since MIP requires smaller incisions than conventional surgery (usually about the size of a dime), your body can heal much faster.
• Less Time in Hospital - MIP helps get you out of the hospital and back to your life quicker than conventional surgery.
• Less scarring - You won’t have to cope with large scars from MIP. Most incisions are so small that most people probably won’t even notice them after the incisions have healed.¹      
• Less pain - Since MIP is less invasive than conventional surgery, there is typically less pain involved.

Find out if MIP is an option for your surgery by talking with your doctor.

Learn more about some of the procedures that can be performed using MIP:

• MIP for Colon Surgery
• MIP for Hemorrhoid Surgery
• MIP for Hysterectomy
• MIP for Appendectomy
• MIP for Ventral Hernia Repair
• MIP for Reflux

Every type of surgery—whether MIP or conventional—has its risks and complications.