There is a difference between non-evasive surgery
and non-invasive surgery, because in your context, it should be non-invasive.
EVASIVE
e·va·sive
[ih-vey-siv] Show IPA
adjective
1. tending or seeking to evade; characterized by evasion: an evasive answer.
2. elusive or evanescent.
from the word EVADE
e·vade
[ih-veyd] Show IPA verb, e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
verb (used with object)
1. to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers.
2. to get around by trickery: to evade rules.
3. to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation.
4. to avoid answering directly: to evade a question.
5. to elude; escape: The solution evaded him.
Whereas INVASIVE
in·va·sive
[in-vey-siv] Show IPA
adjective
1. characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
2. invading, or tending to invade; intrusive.
3. Medicine/Medical . requiring the entry of a needle, catheter, or other instrument into a part of the body, especially in a diagnostic procedure, as a biopsy.
from the word INVADEin·vade
[in-veyd] Show IPA verb, in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing.
verb (used with object)
1. to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
2. to enter like an enemy: Locusts invaded the fields.
3. to enter as if to take possession: to invade a neighbor's home.
4. to enter and affect injuriously or destructively, as disease: viruses that invade the bloodstream.
5. to intrude upon: to invade the privacy of a family.
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