 Hello I am Dr. Murli Krishna, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Manipal Hospital in Bangalore. The benefits of minimal invasive cardiac surgery are many. One is of course a small incision, another is less postoperative pain, we do not cut the bone, we do not cut any bone, we go through the intercostal space, that is the space between two ribs. The postoperative pain is much much lesser than the conventional heart surgery. The postoperative recovery is quite fast and postoperative rehabilitation is extremely good and the patient just bounce back to normal activities. There is no hidden effect of lifting heavy weights, patients can lift heavy weights and carry about their routine activities as early as possible. The success rate is equivalent to conventional procedure, there is no compromise on safety of the procedure nor there is a compromise on the durability of the procedure.