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Band-Aid surgery

A popular term for laparoscopic surgery, so called as the size of the incision is so small that once sutured, the wound can be covered with a small adhesive strip
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Band-Aid surgery

A popular term for laparoscopic surgery, so called as the size of the incision is so small that once sutured, the wound can be covered with a small adhesive strip.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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