What is Minimally Invasive Surgery?
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS, in German: MIC) is a new kind of surgery which gets more and more common nowadays. Another well-known expression is “endoscopic surgery”. With this method, a surgical operation is performed by the help of: 1) a small endoscopic camera 2) several long, thin, rigid instruments through natural body openings or small artificial incisions (“keyhole surgery”).
In comparison to the usual, open surgery, there exist several advantages for the patient:
· less pain, less strain of the organism
· faster recovery
· small injuries (aesthetic reasons)
· economic gain (shorter illness time)
Consultant General Surgeon:
Dr. Samuel Kwok, MBBS, FRCS, FRACS, FCSHK, FHKAM
· MBBS, University of Hong Kong
· Consultant Surgeon, the Pedder Clinic in Hong Kong
· Consultant Surgeon, the Prince of Wales Hospital, 1994
· Chief of Service in Surgery, the United Christian Hospital, 1995 to 2002
· Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2002 to 2007
· Founder of the Minimal Invasive Surgery Development Centre at the United Christian Hospital
· Director, Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery Education Center, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
· Past President, the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, the Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA), the Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery and the Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology.
· The Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of The University of Hong Kong
· The Honorary Clinical Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
· Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
· Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
· Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
· Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in Surgery
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