General methods, instruments and technologies that surgeons use across many kinds of operation, including robotic and remote surgery, microsurgery, electrosurgery, laser ablation, therapeutic endoscopy and the joining of body structures by anastomosis. A procedure belongs here when its own source describes a way of operating rather than an operation on one organ. It excludes wound dressings and diagnostic tests. Each member is a surgical procedure entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Robotic Surgery (Wikipedia)
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Robotic surgery or robot-assisted surgery is any type of surgical procedure that is performed with the use of robotic systems.
Remote surgery (Wikipedia)
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Remote surgery (also known as cybersurgery or telesurgery) is the ability for a doctor to perform surgery on a patient even though they are not physically in the same location.
Wikipedia: Microsurgery
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Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope.
Electrosurgery (Wikipedia)
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Electrosurgery is the application of a high-frequency (radio frequency) alternating polarity, electrical current to biological tissue as a means to cut, coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate tissue. (These terms are used in specific ways for this methodology-see below.) Its benefits include the ability to make precise cuts with limited blood loss.
Laser ablation (Wikipedia)
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Laser ablation or photoablation (also called laser blasting) is the process of removing material from a solid (or occasionally liquid) surface by irradiating it with a laser beam.
Therapeutic endoscopy (Wikipedia)
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Therapeutic endoscopy is the medical term for an endoscopic procedure during which treatment is carried out via the endoscope.
Surgical anastomosis (Wikipedia)
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A surgical anastomosis is a surgical technique used to make a new connection between two body structures that carry fluid, such as blood vessels or bowel.
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