Minimally Invasive Surgery

Conditions and Treatments

Advances in miniaturization, fiber optics and imaging technology have revolutionized the ways we do many surgical procedures. Operations that once required major incisions now be done through tiny incisions or through the body's own orifices.

Some of the conditions now treated with minimally invasive surgery include:

• Gastroesophageal Reflux
• Hirschsprung's Disease
• Imperforate Anus
• Inflammatory Bowel
• Lung Lesions
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Spleen Disorders

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Last updated January 11, 2008