This doctor was going to perform a new and difficult procedure—a minimally invasive way to do a cancer surgery that usually required cutting the patient wide open.

这个医生准备实施一项新的有难度的手术-微创癌瘤切除术，而癌症手术通常需要切个大口子。

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Minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques may reduce postoperative wound infections as much as 10-fold compared with other large, modern series of open spinal surgery published in the literature.

文献表明脊柱微创技术术后的伤口感染比其他的开放型脊柱手术要减少多达十倍之多。

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Objective To discuss the therapeutic effectiveness of minimally invasive open heart surgery.

目的探讨微创心内直视手术的治疗效果。

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The heart plug is implanted through a transcatheter tube inserted through the groin, a minimally invasive procedure compared with open-heart surgery.

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But some surgeons who perform traditional open surgery warn that the rush to offer the minimally invasive operation may compromise patients' health.

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Studies show that patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery have a quicker recovery and less short-term pain than with open repair.

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