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The femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLE then FLEx) procedure was first introduced at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in 2006 by Walter Sekundo and Marcus Blum, and was first published in 2008 by Walter Sekundo et al. [7] [8] [9]
The first involves surgery of the soft tissue (tonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) and the second involves skeletal surgeries (maxillomandibular advancement). First, Phase 1 or soft tissue surgery is performed and after re-testing with a new sleep study, if there is residual sleep apnea, then Phase 2 surgery would consist of jaw surgery.
Arthroscopic surgery. Minimally invasive procedures were pioneered by interventional radiologists who had first introduced angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent.Many other minimally invasive procedures have followed where images of all parts of the body can be obtained and used to direct interventional instruments by way of catheters (needles and fine tubes), so that many conditions ...
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Laser surgery is a type of surgery that cuts tissue using a laser in contrast to using a scalpel. [1]Soft-tissue laser surgery is used in a variety of applications in humans (general surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, dentistry, orthodontics, [2] and oral and maxillofacial surgery) as well as veterinary [3] surgical fields.
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[1]: sections 1-2 The size of the margin is an important issue in areas that are functionally important (i.e., large vessels like the aorta or vital organs) or in areas for which the extent of surgery is minimized due to aesthetic concerns (i.e., melanoma of the face or squamous cell carcinoma of the penis ). [ 2 ]
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