- Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists PC (ONS)

Minimally invasive surgery is a procedure done through a small incision in the skin that minimizes the disruption of surrounding tissue. The technology used to perform minimally invasive orthopedic procedures has undergone significant advances in recent years and doctors continue to improve and refine ways to make surgeries less invasive.

ONS physicians are trained in the most advanced minimally invasive techniques. Some of the surgeries being done through minimally invasive procedures at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut include:

• ACL and PCL reconstruction
• Arthritis treatment
• Carpal tunnel repair
• Cartilage transplantation
• Joint replacement
• Knee, hip, ankle, elbow and wrist arthroscopy
• Shoulder instability repair
• Shoulder rotator cuff repair

In many cases, surgeons use two or three tiny incisions and a miniaturized camera called an arthroscope to look inside the region and guide the surgery. They use miniaturized instruments designed to working in a small area. 

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery:

• Less blood loss

• Shorter hospital stay

• Smaller scar

• Faster recovery and return to normal activity