Endoscopic surgery is a medical procedure where a doctor uses a special tool called an endoscope to see inside the body and perform surgeries without making big incisions. It helps minimize pain and scarring for the patient.
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UC San Diego surgeons under the leadership of Dr. Santiago Horgan are among the nation's first to begin performing natural orifice
translumenal endoscopic surgery, a form of incision - free surgery that reduces pain and scarring.
He was on the staff of the Dover Veterinary Hospital during which time he received advanced training in
human endoscopic surgery at the New England Medical Center in Boston.
He is the co-editor and author of the recently published BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Endoscopy and Endosurgery as well as having written extensively for other volumes on small
animal endoscopic surgery.
So he went in for
an endoscopic surgery.
Endoscopic surgery has matured over the last 25 years to become the dominant tool used by surgeons for joint and abdominal procedures, and its use is catching up in the area of the chest.
I had
endoscopic surgery for my PF and now have a lump of chronic inflammation in my arch.
Eventually it was determined that
endoscopic surgery was required to remove the tag.
Last week my older pup swallowed a hunk of bone and vomited for 2 days straight requiring a trip to the emergency vet and
endoscopic surgery.
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