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keyhole surgery

British

noun

surgery carried out through a very small incision

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keyhole surgery

Grace has recently had a laparoscopy - keyhole surgery - to remove her endometriosis.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

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

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025

But keyhole surgery found no sign of it, sparking a "vicious cycle" of surgery and Prostap.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024

On the morning of the operation her mother's kidney was removed at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital via keyhole surgery and driven a few short miles to the Royal Victoria Infirmary to be transplanted into her daughter.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023

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