Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Minimally Invasive Surgery Market in India Set to Reach $2.3 Billion by 2030: What’s Driving the Growth?

Technology has transformed India’s healthcare ecosystem, revolutionizing the landscape with groundbreaking innovations. Today, cutting-edge technology has emerged as a significant solution for patients seeking cost-effective treatment, reduced post-surgery complications, and faster recovery. In this context, minimally invasive procedures aka (Pin-hole treatments) has emerged as a leading example of evolving innovative techniques, offering patients a more precise, safer, and less invasive option. Presently, India is witnessing significant progress in this domain. The market for minimally invasive surgical instruments in India is expected to reach a valuation of ~US$ 2.3B by 2030 (1), highlighting its long-term effectiveness and impact within the Indian healthcare sector.

Emerging trends of 2024

The rising trend of minimal invasive surgeries or procedures have been propelled majorly because of factors including, safety, better patient outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and continuous innovation in technology.

In recent times, technology has aided minimally invasive procedures by making them more advanced and visually accurate. Unlike conventional procedures, this has helped with minimal blood loss, reduced trauma, limited scars, quick recovery, and reduced complications.

Navigation technology and Augmented Reality (AR) have served as dual key technological drivers, catalyzing minimally invasive therapy systems. Complex procedures like neurosurgery, spinal surgeries, and endoscopic sinus surgeries have become much simpler with the advent of navigation technology, enabling surgeons to navigate complex structures with precision.

Today, gastro-surgeons and general surgeons are capitalizing on minimally invasive procedures and robotic-assisted surgeries. These procedures facilitate targeted therapy to address specific problems effectively.

In the last couple of decades, the landscape of cardiology has also shifted towards minimally invasive interventions over traditional open-heart surgeries, resulting in improved patient outcomes and faster recovery.

In peripheral vascular diseases, interventional radiology has evolved alongside imaging advancements. The AR-based 3D real-time imaging system has enhanced procedural safety and sustainability with visual precision.

Moreover, interventional radiology and minimally invasive procedures has propelled procedures such as Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE) for osteoarthritis (OA) and Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) for benign prostatic hyperplasia, which have proven to be groundbreaking to say the least.

At Terumo India, our mission is to “contribute to society through healthcare.” Our recent innovations in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) & cardiac/vascular interventions align with this mission. For instance, the launch of products such as temporary occlusion balloon micro-catheter, Occlusafe for treating liver cancer through advanced therapy Balloon TACE (Trans Arterial Chemoembolization), drug-eluting beads like Lifepearl microcatheters like Progreat Lambda, and best in class coronary drug-eluting stents like Ultimaster Nagomi, showcases our commitment to improved patient outcomes through a comprehensive MIS ecosystem in India. These innovations have set a new benchmark, offering significant advantages over conventional procedures.

Technology over Tradition: Benefits of minimally invasive procedures

The minimally invasive procedures have an edge over the traditional therapies and techniques, which makes them the most sought-after treatment options in India.

  • Minimally Invasive Approach: Under minimally invasive procedure, smaller incisions are carried out instead of larger incisions which can lead to major tissue disruptions leaving behind unwanted scares or unpleasant experience for the patient.
  • Reduced Risk Profile: Another major advantage with smaller incisions is that it leads to fewer risks, including trauma, infections and other complications particularly anesthesia.
  • Adaptability: Minimally invasive procedures are best for patients who are not ideal for surgery involving factors including age, disease burden, co-morbid conditions, time, cost etc.
  • Rapid Recovery and relief factor: Recovery is faster with these techniques, typically taking just a few days for patients to resume normal activities.

The healthcare ecosystem is adopting rapidly the minimally invasive procedures over traditional surgery, considering the above facts which offer more comprehensive treatment solutions for the patients.

Eyeing the future: Prospects for 2025

Minimally invasive procedures have gained popularity over the past years due to their effectiveness, efficiency, adaptability and cost-effective implementation. Moreover, they are contributing significantly to the Indian healthcare ecosystem through optimal resource optimization and productivity enhancement. Few issues which limited their widespread adoption earlier like limited field of view have also been reduced, thanks to newer devices, focused trainings, medical forums, events etc. The Indian market is awaiting a widespread adoption of the landscape of minimally invasive procedures in near future. This has been accounted for the fact that the Indian market has been exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ~7% for the minimally invasive surgery market. (4) With Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotic surgeries, 3D imaging taking a leap forward to revolutionize the procedures, we can surely expect wider acceptability. Worldwide, for a number of operations like appendectomy, gastric bypass, prostatectomy etc., minimally invasive techniques are being employed. Today, India is keeping up with the global pace & innovation. The discipline of minimally invasive procedure surely has a profound prospect ahead in India’s healthcare ecosystem.

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