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laparoscopic surgery

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laparoscopic surgery: see endoscope endoscopic surgery through small incisions; such surgery is much less traumatic to the patient than traditional open surgery. Laparoscopic surgery, in which the endoscope is inserted through a small incision in the abdomen or chest, is used to correct abnormalities of the ovaries
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Efficiency of manual versus robolical (Zeus) assisted laparoscopic surgery in the performance of standardized tasks.
Laparoscopic surgery uses a tiny video camera to help the surgeon guide long, slender instruments inserted into patients through small incisions.
In space, non-invasive techniques such as laparoscopic surgery are preferred because of the limitations in a zero gravity environment and the fact blood and other bodily fluids can be easily confined.
 
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