Sentences with phrase «only small incisions»

As a result, she had only small incisions and was able to leave the hospital on the same day.

Usually only a small incision is needed to insert the device.

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Although current mitral valve interventions delivered via a small incision through the skin could be a viable alternative treatment, this strategy benefits only a highly selective group of patients who have mitral valve leaflets (which are flaps that seal the valve) of a particular shape.

In an article published in The Journal of Urology ®, a team of surgeons describe the first cases in which this procedure has been successfully performed robotically, using only seven small incisions and four robotic tools.

Entering through a small incision, the surgeons were able to remove only the part of the disk that had ruptured.

Instead of a large incision made though the belly, removing the ovaries only requires two small incisions on either side of the body.