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| BANDS OF SCAR TISSUE ON THE OUTER MEMBRANES OF THE ABDOMEN AND THE ABDOMINAL WALL. |
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| ACTIVE ELECTRODE MONITORING (AEM) |
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| A METHOD OF REDUCING THE RISK OF PATIENT BURNS DURING MONOPOLAR ELECTROSURGERY. IT STOPS THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT WHENEVER RESISTANC IS HIGH ANYWHERE IN THE CIRCUIT. |
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| ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY OF A JOINT. |
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| A JOINTED STRUCTURES. IN MECHANICS, THIS ARM IS ONE WITH JOINTS TO ALLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE. |
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| A BALLOON DEVICE USED TO SEPARATE TISSUE PLANES DURING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY. |
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| IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, IT IS A SLENDER TUBE INSERTED THROUGH THE BODY WALL AND USED TO RECEIVE AND STABILIZE TELESCOPIC INSTRUMENTS. |
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| THE PROXIMAL SECTION OF A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE WHERE THE CONTROLS ARE LOCATED. |
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| A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE IN WHICH A LONG, FLEXIBLE, FIBEROPTIC TUBE IN INSERTED INTO A BODY CAVITY FOR VIEWING AND DIAGNOSIS. |
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| IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY DIRECTLY FROM ONE CONDUCTIVE PATH TO ANOTHER, SUCH AS FROM THE ACTIVE ELECTRODE TO A CONDUCTIVE INSTRUMENT. |
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| A TELESCOPIC INSTRUMENT WITH SERIAL LENSES THAT IS USED TO VIEW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES INSIDE THE BODY. |
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| A TERM MEANING "OUTSIDE THE BODY." IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, IT REFERS TO A TECHNIQUE FOR PLACING SUTURES IN WHICH THE KNOTS ARE FORMED OUTSIDE THE BODY AND THEN TIGHTENED AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE SURGICAL WOUND. |
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| A DEVICE FITTED ON THE ENDOSCOPIC CAMERA TO FOCUS THE IMAGE SEEN THROUGH THE LENS SYSTEM. |
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| IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, INFLATION OF THE ABDOMINAL OR THORACIC CAVITY WITH CARBON DIOXIDE. |
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| A TERM MEANING "INSIDE THE BODY." IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, IT REFERS TO A SUTURE TECHNIQUE IN WHICH SUTURES ARE KNOTTED AND SUTURED INSIDE THE PATIENT. |
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| MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY OF THE ABDOMEN. |
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| THE FIBEROPTIC LIGHT CABLE THAT TRANSMITS LIGHT FROM THE SOURCE TO THE ENDOSCOPIC INTRUMENT. SOMETIMES CALLED A LIGHT GUIDE. |
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| A DEVICE THAT CONTROLS AND EMITS LIGHT FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES. |
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| MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS) |
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| SURGERY PERFORMED THROUGH SMALL INCISIONS USING TELESCOPIC INSTRUMENTS. |
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| A SURGICAL TECHNIQUE IN WHICH TISSUE IS FRAGMENTED TO PERMIT REMOVAL THROUGH AN ENDOSCOPIC CANNULA. |
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| ENDOSCOPIC SURGER OF THE KIDNEY. |
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| AN ABDOMEN INSUFFLATED OR DISTENDED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE GASS DRUING LAPAROSCOPY. |
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| A SURGICAL ENDOSCOPE THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF MORCELLIZATION, OR TISSUE FRAGMENTATION. |
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| A TYPE OF ROBITIC SURGERY IN WHICH SURGERY IS PERFORMED FROM A NEARBY LOCATION THROUGH COMPUTER-MEDIATED INSTRUMENTS. NO DIRECT PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE INSTRUMENTS OCCURS. |
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| ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY OF THE THORACIC CAVITY. |
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| A SHARP, ROD-SHAPED INSTRUMENT USED TO PUNCTURE THE BODY WALL. |
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| A SPRING-LOADED NEEDLE USED TO DELIVER CARBON DIOXIDE GAS DURING INSUFFLATION. |
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| A PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING THE LIGHT COLOR OF THE VIDEO CAMERA TO OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM. |
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