Mini-invasive Surgery (MIS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing minimally invasive surgery as a technology-enabled, clinically driven, interdisciplinary integrated discipline.
Aims
Unlike journals that focus primarily on technological development, MIS is centered on the clinical integration, validation, and impact of emerging technologies, instruments, and materials in real surgical practice. The journal aims to address a critical question in modern surgery:
How can innovations in technology, devices, and materials meaningfully improve surgical performance, decision-making, and patient outcomes in minimally invasive procedures?
MIS emphasizes the last-mile translation of surgical innovation, where advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, imaging, devices, biomaterials, and engineering are applied, evaluated, and optimized within real-world clinical settings.
All submissions should demonstrate clear relevance to surgical practice, with an emphasis on improving intraoperative performance, clinical decision-making, or patient outcomes.
Scope
MIS prioritizes research that is anchored in surgical practice, particularly in complex, high-impact, and evolving areas of minimally invasive surgery. The journal is especially interested in studies demonstrating how technologies, instruments, and materials are used, adapted, and validated in real operative environments, rather than in isolation.
1. Clinical Complexity and Surgical Innovation
- Oncologic surgery
- Complex anatomical resections
- High-risk patient populations
2. Technology-Enabled Surgery and Devices in Practice
- AI-assisted surgical decision-making
- Robotic-assisted procedures and instrument integration
- Image-guided and navigation systems for precision surgery
- Novel surgical instruments and devices optimized for minimally invasive applications
- Biomaterials and engineered tools that enhance operative outcomes
3. Integrated Surgical Systems and Workflows
- Combined use of AI, robotics, and navigation in unified surgical workflows
- Human-machine collaboration in operative settings
- Optimization of intraoperative processes, ergonomics, and device-material synergy
4. Translational, Physiological, and Recovery-Oriented Insights in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Surgical modulation of the tumor microenvironment and immune response during minimally invasive procedures
- Biomarkers and functional indicators for guiding surgical decision-making and predicting recovery, complications, and outcomes
- Integration of molecular and functional imaging into minimally invasive surgical workflows
- Mechanisms underlying postoperative recovery, surgical stress response, and complication development
- Biological and material-related mechanisms influencing surgical outcomes and tissue healing
- Physiological impact of minimally invasive techniques on organ function and recovery
- Integration of perioperative strategies (e.g., enhanced recovery after surgery, ERAS) with minimally invasive approaches
5. Clinical Evidence and Real-World Evaluation in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical studies evaluating minimally invasive techniques, surgical technologies, devices, and biomaterials
- Comparative effectiveness research assessing different surgical approaches, platforms, or perioperative strategies
- Real-world evidence, registry-based studies, and large-scale clinical data analyses
- Outcomes research, including functional recovery, complication profiles, quality of life, and long-term prognosis
- Learning curves, surgical standardization, and quality improvement in minimally invasive procedures
- Health economics, cost-effectiveness, and value-based evaluation of surgical innovations
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses synthesizing evidence on emerging surgical technologies, devices, and materials
- Evidence-based assessment and validation of new techniques, instruments, and integrated surgical systems
6. Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Surgeons collaborating with engineers, material scientists, and industry partners
- Translational researchers developing clinically applicable devices and biomaterials
- Multidisciplinary teams addressing complex surgical challenges
Article Types
Original Articles, Review Articles, Meta-Analyses, Systematic Reviews, Video Articles, Commentaries, Letter-to-Editor, Opinions, Perspectives, Research highlight, Brief Communications, Guidelines, Meeting Abstracts, and Conference Reports.
