Non-Invasively Detecting Blood Vessels during Laparoscopic/Robotic Procedure

Minimally invasive surgeries refer to laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgeries where the procedures do not involve large, open incisions like traditional surgeries. Rather, tiny incisions are made and smalltubes, video cameras, and surgical instruments are inserted through the tinyincisions and operations are performed. The major benefits of minimally invasive surgeries include, but are not limited to, lower morbidity, shorter hospital stay, and faster recovery

Thanks to such benefits, today worldwide, minimally invasive surgery has become more common in hospitals. In U.S. alone, 460,000cholecystectomies, 500,000 hysterectomies, and 420,000 appendectomies areperformed annually. Since 1995, the rate of laparoscopic surgeries has been increasing tremendously.