Pinhole Surgery – A Revolution in Medicine

The word “Surgery” is scary for anyone. No one likes their body to be cut. Surgeons the world over are thinking in terms of minimal invasive surgery – keyhole surgery. Keyhole surgery was conceived by MIOT Hospitals and wherever possible we adopt keyhole surgery.

The advantages of Keyhole Surgery are:

• It causes least damage to the blood vessels, nerves, muscles, tendons etc.
• There is less bleeding and we can do away with the blood transfusion and the complications of blood transfusion.
• It does not expose the vital organs to external environment and thereby reduces the rate of infection.
• Only a few days of hospitalisation is required. The patient can return home in the shortest possible time.
• The scar no longer bothers young ladies!

From fanstasy to reality

Ever since keyhole surgery was pioneered, surgeons began dreaming of reducing the size of the keyhole. Dreaming is important in science, because fantasy always precedes reality. Every millimetre of our body is supplied with blood vessels. Even microscopic cells in our body get their nourishment from the blood, especially oxygen. Every living organ is nourished by oxygen, otherwise it dies. We see in every human body arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart, and veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Every part of the human body including the minute microscopic cells can be reached or accessed through these blood vessels. All it takes is a puncture the size of a pinhole.

Having said this, I would like you to see how we have reached every part of the human body through this route and made use of it for treating many serious illnesses which was not possible earlier.
This simple thought is going to cause a revolution in medicine.

Prof. Dr. P.V.A. Mohandas