 So, minimally invasive surgery means that we make a few minute incisions. We put an HD camera in through one of them and we use tiny surgical instruments in order to do our dissection and the procedure. Scarring is extremely minimal. A lot of patients, you can't even tell that they've had surgery a few months later. The pain is next to nothing. Most patients are fine with just Tylenol after the procedure. In addition, immediately after the surgery, patients are up walking and drinking and usually back to normal activities within a week.