 Hello, I am Dr. Murli Krishna, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. Minimal Invasive Surgery shortens the recovery time in a sense that since the no cutting of the bone is involved, there is no control fracture, so there is no bony tenderness or no bone pain. So considering that the amount of the recovery period will be quite shortened and they will be able to bounce back to routine activities quite fast. So that's the main advantage of Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery.