RT Book, Section A1 Hunter, John G. A1 Spight, Donn H. A1 Sandone, Corinne A1 Fairman, Jennifer E. SR Print(0) ID 1162532039 T1 Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery: General Considerations T2 Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071449052 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162532039 RD 2024/03/29 AB The pediatric surgery community was relatively slow to adopt the techniques of minimally invasive surgery (MIS). This reluctance may have stemmed from several factors. Pediatric surgeons typically utilize small incisions during open procedures and therefore the advantage of the MIS approach was not readily apparent. Additionally, adequate instrumentation for MIS in small children required technologic advances above and beyond the standard tools used in adult MIS. Finally, a poor understanding of pain in the pediatric patient tempered enthusiasm for the minimally invasive approach. Despite the aforementioned barriers, pediatric MIS has seen an exponential upsurge in interest in recent years.