Interventional and minimally invasive are two different things, there are similarities and differences, don't confuse them again

Medical technology is constantly evolving, and in order to be effective from the patient's point of view, traditional open-heart, traumatizing surgical treatments are used less and less unless there is no other choice. In contrast, the emerging medical practices of interventional and minimally invasive treatments, which do not involve incisions and are more precise, are like a rising star and are widely used internationally.

However, both interventional therapy and minimally invasive therapy are non-invasive and minimally invasive, and many people are confused or even think they are the same thing.

In fact, their relationship is like that of cousins, similar but not identical.

Intervention

Intervention is a new technology between surgery and internal medicine, mainly including endovascular intervention and non-endovascular intervention. That is to say, without surgery to expose the lesion, through the body's original passages or in the blood vessels, the skin to make a few millimeters in diameter of the tiny channel, in the imaging equipment such as angiography, fluoroscopy, B ultrasound, CT and other guidance, the lesion local treatment of a minimally invasive method.

Features:

1, no incision, small trauma, only 2-3 mm puncture wound

2, fast recovery, good results, maximum protection of normal organs

3, can stifle incurable malignant tumors, reduce the side effects on the body or other organs

4, local anesthesia, fewer side effects, and is more suitable for frail, Elderly patients

5, high success rate of surgery, low mortality rate, low risk

Minimally invasive treatment

Minimally invasive treatment can be said to be a scaled-down version of surgical treatment. Under the guidance of X-ray machines, CT and advanced electronic and optical equipment, the doctor only needs to make a small opening of less than 1 cm on the skin, and then he can clearly see various "parts" inside the human body through special instruments, and can enlarge them to facilitate the operation.

Characteristics:

1, small wounds, less than 1 cm

2, fast recovery, postoperative pain

3, scar fine, retaining the beauty

Intervention vs minimally invasive

In summary, intervention and minimally invasive treatment have a lot of **** the same, such as treatment of a small incision, recovery, conducive to the patient's recovery and so on. The two treatments have a lot of **** in common. Of course, there are also differences, such as minimally invasive treatment is like a small surgery, and the treatment effect of traditional surgery is the same, that is, the wound is small, while the intervention can be carried out with the help of surgery, but also can be directly utilized by the patient's original channel for treatment.

In short, interventional and minimally invasive treatments are new medical technologies that give hope to many patients, and to a certain extent even replace traditional surgery, such as cardiac stents, thyroid treatment, and so on. Although the two should not be confused, but for the majority of patients, the emergence of intervention and minimally invasive, are their gospel.