ABSTRACT
Keeping the surgical wound as small as possible was for a long time the aim of surgeons. Therefore, surgical techniques were continually being refined in order to gain access, with the minimum of adverse effects, to the site of disease.
Keeping the surgical wound as small as possible was for a long time the aim of surgeons. Therefore, surgical techniques were continually being refined in order to gain access, with the minimum of adverse effects, to the site of disease.