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MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Veterinary Surgery
CONT

Endoscopic surgery uses scopes going through small incisions or natural body openings in order to diagnose and treat disease. Another popular term is minimally invasive surgery (MIS), which emphasizes that diagnosis and treatments can be done with reduced body cavity invasion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Chirurgie vétérinaire
DEF

Chirurgie pour laquelle un endoscope et des instruments chirurgicaux commandés à distance sont introduits dans l'organisme par des ouvertures [naturelles ou] pratiquées à l'aide de petites incisions.

CONT

[...] un matériel très performant [...] permet aux patients d'accéder à la chirurgie endoscopique, [...] technique [qui] permet [...] de pratiquer des opérations sans ouvrir le corps, ou l'organe concerné[.] La vision de la zone opératoire est assurée par l'intermédiaire d'une optique de petite taille reliée à une caméra elle-même branchée à un écran vidéo qui donne une image de grande taille. Le geste opératoire est réalisé sous contrôle de la vue grâce à des instruments miniaturisés introduits à travers la peau.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

Surgery carried out through a very small incision, using fibre-optic devices to observe the effect of laser scalpels or tiny instruments.

OBS

Performing operations through small incisions. (High Technology, November 1984).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie

Spanish

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