Editing Minimally invasive procedure (section)

==Specific procedures==
[[File:Flexibles Endoskop.jpg|thumb|Flexible endoscope]]
Many medical procedures are called minimally invasive; those that involve small incisions through which an endoscope is inserted, end in the suffix ''-oscopy'', such as [[endoscopy]], [[laparoscopy]], [[arthroscopic surgery|arthroscopy]]. Other examples of minimally invasive procedures include the use of [[syringe|hypodermic injection]], and air-pressure injection, [[subdermal implant]]s, [[refractive surgery]], [[percutaneous]] surgery, [[cryosurgery]], [[microsurgery]], [[keyhole surgery]], [[endovascular surgery]] using [[interventional radiology]] (such as [[angioplasty]] or [[Hemorrhoidal artery embolization|embolization]]), [[coronary catheterization]], permanent placement of [[vertebral column|spinal]] and [[brain]] [[electrodes]], [[stereotactic surgery]], [[Nuss procedure|the Nuss procedure]], [[radioactivity]]-based [[medical imaging]] methods, such as [[gamma camera]], [[positron emission tomography]] and [[SPECT]] (single photon emission tomography). Related procedures are [[image-guided surgery]], and [[robot-assisted surgery]].<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Ahmed K, Khan MS, Vats A, etal |date=October 2009 |title=Current status of robotic assisted pelvic surgery and future developments |journal=International Journal of Surgery |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=431–40 |doi=10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.08.008 |pmid=19735746 |doi-access=free}}</ref>