Although keyhole surgery is routine in humans, the standard procedure in animals is still open abdominal surgery.
An Asiatic "moon bear" is the first in the world to have a damaged gallbladder removed using keyhole surgery.
Ninewells Hospital is the first in Scotland to carry out single port keyhole surgery to treat kidney and urinary tract conditions.
BBC: Ninewells Hospital to use new keyhole surgery technique
The Llanelli Scarlets captain underwent keyhole surgery to repair torn cartliage in his right knee on Tuesday after an injury in training.
He went through the 90s with three fours against young off-spinner Rayner, given a chance because of Mushtaq Ahmed's absence following keyhole surgery.
The procedure was carried out in Vietnam by Edinburgh Zoo vet Romain Pizzi, the only UK vet specialising in zoo and wildlife keyhole surgery.
But past experience suggests that such keyhole surgery may prove impossible.
Unlike traditional laparoscopy, single port keyhole surgery requires just one point of entry rather than multiple, and often no scar is left visible at all.
BBC: Ninewells Hospital to use new keyhole surgery technique
Several other attempts to simulate keyhole surgery have foundered at this point, but Dr Kelly's system, according to early trials, gives a surprisingly realistic amount of feedback.
The procedures are being carried out by consultant urological surgeon Mr Ghulam Nabi who specialises in keyhole surgery for diseases of the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive organs.
BBC: Ninewells Hospital to use new keyhole surgery technique
The single port keyhole surgery only took an hour and Mr Bayne was discharged from hospital the next day, as opposed to four to five days as is the case with traditional keyhole surgery.
BBC: Ninewells Hospital to use new keyhole surgery technique
As well as cameras, Olympus also makes medical equipment and the new company will focus on "developing a variety of new medical devices that would not be possible by Olympus alone", such as endoscopes used in keyhole surgery.
The first organ that the system has been used to emulate is the uterus, because keyhole surgery is widely employed to deal with ectopic pregnancies (those where the fetus develops in the fallopian tubes leading into the womb, rather than in the womb itself).
An unauthorised modification made to equipment used during keyhole knee surgery contributed to a man's death, a jury has ruled.
Professor Ara Darzi, who will be making a presentation later, is one of the world's leading surgeons - the man who pioneered keyhole and robotic surgery.
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