About 60 percent of surgeries were done using minimally-invasive techniques.

Introduction: The advantage of using minimally invasive techniques over open techniques in the repair of inguinal hernias remains unclear.

It is also amenable to serially sampling using minimally invasive and clinically relevant techniques such as ultrasound-guided blood sampling.

Results: All 46 patients underwent esophagectomy using minimally invasive thoracic mobilization of the esophagus with the patient in prone position.

In our approach fluorescence-labeled mouse and human cells, and fragments of the uterine tube are engrafted by using minimally traumatic dorsal incision surgery.

Using minimally invasive gastrocnemius and Achilles tendon release, we were able to provide symptomatic and functional relief from this complication with minimal cosmetic sacrifice.