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A minimally invasive medical procedure is defined as one that is carried out by entering the body through the skin or through a body cavity or anatomical opening, but with the smallest damage possible to these structures. According to this classification, the two other kinds of procedures are: invasive and non-invasive. For example, minimally invasive surgery may be performed in this way, thus resulting in less operative trauma for the patient. It is also less expensive, reduces hospitalizat ...
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MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Results Show Improved Brain Function Retained A Year After Minimally Invasive Stroke Treatment
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Medical Technique Punches Holes In Cells, Could Treat Tumors
ScienceDaily - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Medical Technique Punches Holes In Target Cell Membranes To Treat Tumors
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
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- More obese adolescents turning to surgery
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
- More obese adolescents turning to surgery
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MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- National Cancer Institute Hosts Meeting on Preoperative Therapy in Invasive Breast Cancer - March - 01, 2007
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MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
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The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:27 EST
- Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes For Baseball Pitchers, Other Athletes
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
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- Alternative Brain Cancer Treatment: High-fat, Low-carbo Diet Slows Tumor Growth In Mice
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Weight Loss Surgery Rate Increases Among Teens, But Use Of Procedure Still Uncommon In Adolescents
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Sharp Increase In US Teens Tackling Severe Obesity With Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- 2006 Procedural Survey Shows 3% Increase In Men Seeking Cosmetic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Increasing number of morbidly obese teens turning to surgery
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:19 EST
- High-fat, Low-carbohydrate Diet Significantly Slows Tumor Growth And Enhances Health In Mice
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Endourologic Management Of Pediatric Urolithiasis: Proposed Clinical Guidelines
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Less invasive fibroid treatment can be fine
MSNBC - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:36 EST
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The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:24 EST
- Surgery, Shock Waves Both Effective For Removing Kidney Stones
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
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MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Study Finds More Obese Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surgery, But May Have Better Post-Operative Outcomes Than Adults
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
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Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
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Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
- Transfusion near surgery may up blood clot risk
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:01 EST
- 'Hidden' Fat That Puts Adolescents At Risk For Disease Identified By MRI
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Persistent Anticoagulant Activity In Patients Stopping Low-Molecular Weight Heparin Therapy Before Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Scoring System Predicts Mortality After Surgery For Colorectal Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery For Crohn's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course
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- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes For Baseball Pitchers, Other Athletes
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery For Crohn's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Playing Video Games May Contribute To Keyhole Surgery Skills
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Medication Errors Are Studied
New York Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:40 EST
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens
MSNBC - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:28 EST
- Not Your Average Physician: 'I Understand the Value of Branding'
Washington Post - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Video games could help in keyhole surgery
The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:20 EST
- Translaminar approach effective, safer
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:50 EST
- ‘Beating Heart’ Bypass Not Better?
WebMD - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Video Games May Boost Surgeons' Skill
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:32 EST
- Women Exercising For Five Or More Hours Per Week Experienced Greater Decrease In Risk Of Breast Cancer Compared To Less Active Women
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Distress may persist after waking during surgery
Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:24 EST
- Strenuous Physical Activity Associated With Lower Breast Cancer Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Lung Cancer CT Scans No Help?
WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- 'Beating Heart' Bypass Not Better?
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:49 EST
- Mother of 'dead' baby gives birth
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- 'Off-Pump' CABG Surgery Appears To Have No Benefit On Cognitive Or Cardiac Outcomes At 5 Years
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Cases: From the ‘Dark Ages’ of Heart Surgery, a Lesson for Today
New York Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:43 EST
- New Combined Laparoscopy And Colonoscopy Procedure May Avoid Need For Major Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Brain Tumor Surgery Made Safer Using New FMRI Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Chest Surgeons Propose New Patient-Centered Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Surgeons Use Specially Designed Instruments To Remove Otherwise Inoperable, Baseball-sized ...
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:09 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
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- Timing Is Critical Factor In Success Of Treatment, Benchmark Fetal Surgery Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
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- Non-invasive, Real-time Monitoring For Sepsis In Neonates Goes National
ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Innovative Treatment For Migraines Combines Botox And Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- No superior way to treat kidney stones
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:31 EST
- Hearing Loss In Children Leads To Substantial Meningitis Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- CyberKnife Spinal Tumor Treatments Increase By 56 Percent - Success Of Non-Invasive Procedure Chronicled In The Journal Spine
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- 'Freezing' Kidney Tumors Nonsurgically Is Effective, Safe And Less Expensive Than Laparoscopic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Enzyme Critical For Early Growth Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens
CNN - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:24 EST
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens
CNN - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:24 EST
- Going 'Back To The Future' In Colon Cancer Screening
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Teaching Technology For Scary Patient Exams
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- Enzyme Critical For Early Growth Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- The Timing Of Administration Of Platelet-Inhibiting Drugs
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Endoscopic Brain Surgery Pioneered In Pittsburgh Effective In Children With Tumors
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Male sterilisation surgery linked to dementia
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- Increased Risk Of Death From Drug Used In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Allowing Children To Grow While Treating Chest And Spine Deformities
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- New Clue To Racial Disparity In Breast Cancer Survival Rates
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New Network Widens Access To Cutting-edge Clinical Studies
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Creating New Life Forms That May Help Eradicate Cancer Affecting Women
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Drug Used In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery May Increase Risk Of Death
ScienceDaily - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- In the Stent Era, Heart Bypasses Get a New Look
New York Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:52 EST
- New Index For Measuring Liver Fibrosis
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- Primary Graft Dysfunction Is Risk Factor For A Later Serious Lung Transplant Problem
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- Lucid Previews VivaNet(TM) Telemedicine Server For Dermatology Applications
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Strenuous activity reduces cancer risk
The Earth Times - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:18 EST
- Akt Makes Melanomas Grow Downward
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Bayer's heart surgery drug said to be linked to death risk
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:32 EST
- A Healthy Colon: Tips To Lower Risk Of Colorectal Cancer
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