In this procedure, a small incision is made in the abdomen, near or in the navel.

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Your surgeon inserts the tool into the eye's drainage canal through a small incision at the edge of the cornea and removes the small section of trabecular meshwork.

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Inspired by his dentist, Kelman figured out a way to use an ultrasound probe to disintegrate the cataract, a tiny vacuum to pull out the pieces, and a small incision to drop in the new lens.

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You'll also have small, plastic drainage tubes under your skin near your incision to help drain any fluids that accumulate.

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You slide a small camera a laparoscope into the abdomen through a quarter-inch incision near the belly button, insert a long grasper through an incision beneath the waistline, and push a device for stapling and cutting through an incision in the left lower abdomen.

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