1.   This may be of particular benefit in paediatric liver diseases where the diagnosis of PSC may be made without resorting to invasive techniques.

2.   This had only been possible before using invasive manometric techniques or ionising radiation.

3.   But the younger generation of surgeons is learning minimally invasive techniques as part of training, Osborne said.

4.   Customers balked at the invasive technique, which required rewriting of computer code.

5.   Heartport hopes to develop minimally invasive surgical techniques for various types of heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

6.   Recovery is said to take only one or two weeks with the new minimally invasive techniques.

7.   Surgeons have tried in the past to use tiny cameras, called endoscopes, and minimally invasive techniques, with mixed results.

8.   The oil and gas industry has invested billions in developing deep water technology and less environmentally invasive drilling techniques that have improved their track record.

9.   The oil and gas industry has invested billions in developing deep-water technology and less environmentally invasive drilling techniques that have improved their track record.

10.   Until early last year, some minimally invasive techniques were still considered experimental.