Minimal access surgery has reshaped surgical practice, offering reduced pain, faster recovery, and improved outcomes — when applied thoughtfully. This episode explores the principles underpinning laparoscopic and minimally invasive techniques, focusing on ergonomics, visual-spatial adaptation, instrumentation, and patient safety.

We discuss indications, contraindications, learning curves, and complication profiles, alongside the cultural shift required to adopt new approaches without abandoning surgical judgement. The episode also reflects on how technology influences decision-making — and where restraint remains essential.

This chapter equips listeners to understand minimal access surgery not as a default choice, but as a tool to be selected, mastered, and respected.

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