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Are there any long-term differences between standard open surgery and MIS surgery?

April 26, 2017differences long-term MIS standard surgery

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Are there any long-term differences between standard open surgery and MIS surgery?

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A. Not really. As stated, cure rates and complications are similar. In the short term patients recover faster and better with MIS procedures. In the longer term (6+ months) there is no major difference between the two procedures with the exception that MIS surgery leaves much smaller scars. There is also the possibility for greater risk of hernias with a large incision than with MIS incisions but this has not been measured.