And no one should get a surgical implant until he has first tried less invasive methods.
In the last 20 years, the prevailing view has been to use the least invasive method possible.
It usually requires open-heart surgery, but less invasive surgical methods are being developed.
Most labs test blood samples, but some use cheek cells, a less invasive method that they say is just as accurate.
Heart surgeons can also use less invasive methods for heart surgery.
Usually an invasive method is needed to do this.
We still do it now, though, of course, with a much less invasive method.
"Then that leaves the nutrient fluid as the least invasive method."
The ribs were not spread, in an effort to perform the procedure by the least invasive method.
Recent advances, however, have allowed for less invasive and more accurate methods of diagnosis.