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keyhole surgery

British

noun

surgery carried out through a very small incision

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It will, according to Nick Card, involve "keyhole surgery" to open a small trench to investigate "this anomaly".

From BBC

For example, the charity said, if endometriosis was discovered during keyhole surgery the fact it had been found may not be formally recorded.

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Ms Brewster said that people can wait up to eight years for a diagnosis as it required a laparoscopy, a keyhole surgery procedure, to confirm the condition.

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“Writing online in 2025 feels like performing keyhole surgery while people scream ‘ROBOT!

From Slate

Mr Tibbot said carrying out keyhole surgery on Stacey "would have been almost impossible, or would have taken the whole day of operating".

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