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Vocabulary Practice: Choose words from each table to complete the sentences below that table. Use your knowledge from the reading "Robotic Surgeons" as well as context and grammar clues to select the right word.

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1. A long incision creates a large in the patient's body.

2. In traditional procedures, the was the only means of into the patient's body

3. Heart is a highly procedure.

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4. Keyhole surgery results in a lot less to the patient's body and the need for long incisions.

5. An is a tiny camera that is into the patien's body, allowing the surgeon to see the internal organs and to move his instruments as needed.

6. The da Vinci ^TM Surgical System is a robotic that allows surgeons to perform major surgery by making only three incisions. Two incisions are for the and the other is for the .

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7. The da Vinci is to the keyhole method in that this robot's moving parts can the natural hand movements of the surgeon.

8. The holds and moves highly pads to control the instruments during .

9. The surgeon sits at a , which is the electronic control panel for the da Vinci system. A image of the site is onto a computer monitor.

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10. Before any new procedure or drug is approved for common use, it has to trials to guarantee its .

11. Doctors and patients who favor the da Vinci method claim that the time is a lot shorter because there is less to the body.

However, the is that the operation may take longer if performed by an surgeon who is not yet with the technology.