• Mini thoracotomy

    Surgical opening of the chest cavity (thorax) with a very small skin incision.

  • Minimal invasive

    Surgical procedure with the smallest possible incisions, also known as keyhole surgery.

  • Minimally invasive surgery

    Image-guided surgery via small incisions in the skin. The bone break is not exposed.

  • minimally-invasive

    Surgical procedure with the smallest possible injury of the skin and soft tissue.

  • Minimally-invasive neurosurgery

    Minimal invasiveness is a concept of modern neurosurgery and describes a basic goal: to achieve the best surgical result in the most gentle manner possible.

  • Mitral insufficiency

    The valve no longer closes correctly, so the blood flows back into the left atrium from the left ventricle and in the direction of the lung when the heart contracts.

  • Mitral stenosis

    Constriction of the opening situated between the valve leaflets due to calcification in or scarring of the valve. The result is reduced blood flow and reduced cardiac output.

  • Mobilisation

    Medical expression that refers to the resumption of movement and physical activity after an operation.

  • Morbidity

    Likelihood of complications.

  • Morbus

    The medical term for disease.

  • Morbus Crohn disease

    Inflammatory bowel disease.