In earlier procedures Romero said a fetus was accessed through an abdominal incision and an open uterus creating a high rate of complications.
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Proponents and researchers in this field recognize the potential of this technique to revolutionize the field of minimally invasive surgery by eliminating abdominal incisions.
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In the " suspension " procedure _ done through a vaginal or abdominal incision _ surgeons stitch a drooping bladder to ligaments in the pelvis.
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The device has a laproscope, a 12-to 15-inch tube with a camera, that's inserted into patients through an abdominal incision the size of a finger tip.
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The cautery instrument is removed and replaced by the grasping instrument, which is used to pull the ovary out through the small abdominal incision ( port ).
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A retrospective, Cleveland Clinic study compared 26 patients who underwent robotic assisted tubal reversal to 41 patients who underwent outpatient mini-laparotomy ( abdominal incision ) tubal reversal.
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"If we could find ( a method ) that could be performed without general anesthesia and without an abdominal incision, then we'd be delighted to have a new technique.
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In the laparoscopic surgery performed on Mrs . Whitman, her right ovary and Fallopian tube were removed through small abdominal incisions and the use of a small optical instrument.
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In GIFT ( gamete intrafallopian transfer ), an egg and sperm are deposited separately in a fallopian tube through a tiny abdominal incision while the woman is under general anesthesia.
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The procedure avoided a major abdominal incision to repair the aneurysm, a weakening in the wall of a blood vessel that in the aorta can burst and kill nearly instantly.