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minimal access surgery

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minimal access surgery Operations that do not involve cutting open the body in the traditional way. Minimal access (keyhole) procedures are performed either by means of an endoscope, or by passing miniature instruments through a fine catheter into a large blood vessel. The surgical laser is also used.

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