Video Biography of Dr. Jack Gunter, plastic surgeon

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minimally invasive robotic surgery with Da Vinci

The next phase of minimally invasive surgery will be done with robotics. See the da Vinci® system surgical robot in action in this video.

Minimally invasive surgery versus Traditional Surgery

In traditional surgery, you might have very large cuts in the skin and at times the surgeon may have to do damage to other parts of the body in order to open up a large enough space to do their work with their hands. They may have to cut through the ribs, bones or muscle to make the space needed for the operation. Most of the recovery time needed, pain and bloodloss occurs not because of the operation, but of all the cuts and trauma needed to open up enough space in the body to be able to get hands and instruments in the area to perform the work.

Instead, minimally invasive surgery attempts to avoid having to open up the body so much by using special tools such as the the endoscope. A skinny tube with a minature camera and light is inserted into the body through an incision just big enough to fit the tiny endoscopic tube into. The surgeon then uses this as his eyes during the operation, viewing the camera's view on a monitor. The surgeon makes other small incisions just large enough to insert the special tools for the operation.

The incisions required for endoscopic surgeries can be less than half an inch at times.

When Plastic Surgery Calls for a Do-Over

NO face-lift stops time, so as aging continues, even a satisfied patient may choose have another one a decade later. But what if your face-lift never pleased you, not because of complications or monstrous scars, but because of aesthetics pure and simple? Perhaps your first surgeon’s technique resulted not only in a tighter jaw line, but also a flat wind-swept cheek and a stretched mouth. Or your nose no longer has an unsightly bump, but now, postsurgery, is asymmetrical.

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One of the plastic surgeons interview was Dr. Jack Gunter.
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Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery or minimally invasive surgery uses special techniques as well as hardware like fiber optics, miniture cameras and microscopes in order to perform surgery through through small incisions. Surgeons in many specialties perform surgery through an incision that only requires several stiches to close.

Benefits of minimally invasive surgery includes:

less blood loss
smaller scars from surgery
less pain
leaving the hospital sooner

Types of surgeries where minimally invasive surgery can be utilized:

Neurosurgery
Orthopedic Surgery
Ear, Nose and Throat
Urologic

To find a doctor in the Dallas area who performs minimally invasive surgical procedures, click here.