All surgical procedures have risks, but the risk for serious complications depends on your medical condition and age, as well as on your surgeon’s and anesthesiologist’s experience. Ask your doctor or surgeon about what to expect after surgery as well as the risks that may occur with surgery including those listed below^{1, 3}:

• Reactions to medications or anesthesia
• Breathing problems
• Bleeding
• Infection
• Injury to blood vessels
• Injury to internal organs
• Blood clots in the veins or lungs
• Death (rare)

Additionally, conventional surgery has a greater potential for:  

• Muscle injury
• Post-operative incisional hernia

For some patients, MIP is not an appropriate choice.  Your surgeon will help you determine the best choice for you and will consider factors such as:

• Obesity
• History of prior abdominal surgery causing dense scar tissue
• Inability to safely visualize organs
• Bleeding problems during the operation  
• Underlying medical conditions

The decision to perform MIP or conventional surgery should be made during a discussion with  your surgeon. Sometimes a procedure can start out as MIP, but may have to be converted to conventional surgery based on the factors listed above.

To find out more about MIP for specific conditions, choose a procedure below:

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