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Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Medical Definition: | Surgical procedures conducted with the aid of computers. This is most frequently used in orthopedic and laproscopic surgery for implant placement and instrument guidance. Image-guided surgery interactively combines prior CT scans or MRI images with real-time video. |
Also Called: | Surgery, Image-Guided |
Previously Indexed: | Therapy, Computer-Assisted (1988-2001) |
Surgery, Computer-Assisted Medical Definitions and Terms
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