Minimally invasive surgery constitutes one of the most spectacular advances in surgery in the 21st century, laparoscopic surgery performs the same conventional open surgery but avoiding wide access incisions. It has advantages over conventional surgery due to its less aggressiveness (greater postoperative comfort, shorter hospitalization time, earlier incorporation to daily tasks, safe, with a lower rate of complications, lower mortality).

It consists of performing major operations through small incisions, with high-tech imaging systems, to minimize trauma from surgical exposure.