MIP for Colon Surgery

During “minimally invasive,” or laparoscopic, colon surgery, the surgeon makes a series of small incisions, from one-fourth inch to four inches, in the patient’s abdomen. A small video camera or “scope” is placed in one of the incisions, providing the surgeon with a magnified view of the patient’s internal organs on a television monitor. Surgical instruments are placed in the other incisions allowing the surgeon to work inside and remove portions of the colon.