Minimal Invasive Training Lab 1 is specifically design for minimal invasive surgical training. Minimally invasive surgery uses tiny cuts in the skin — or no cuts at all —  rather than the large cuts often needed in traditional surgery. There are many kinds of minimally invasive surgery.

Each involves the surgeon using an endoscope. This is a thin tube with a light and tiny video camera on the end. The endoscope lets the surgeon see inside the body and use very small surgical tools in the area.

Minimally invasive surgery usually falls into these categories:

• Endoscopy: The surgeon uses the endoscope itself to do the procedure. The endoscope goes in through the body's natural openings, without the surgeon making any cuts.

• Laparoscopy: Using small cuts (sometimes called "keyhole" cuts or incisions), the surgeon guides the endoscope and special surgery tools into the body.

• Robot-assisted surgery (robotic surgery): The surgeon makes several small cuts to guide the endoscope and robotic tools into the body. From there, the surgeon controls the surgery while sitting at a nearby computer console.