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Abstract

A medical procedure instrument comprising: an instrument holder including an elongated guide member for receiving an instrument insert that carries at its distal end a medical tool for executing a medical procedure at a target site within a patient; the instrument holder being readily manually insertable through an incision into a patient so as to dispose a distal end of the guide member at the target site at which the procedure is to be executed; a support for holding said instrument holder fixed in position relative to the patient, the medical tool being guided to the target site upon receipt of the instrument insert by the instrument holder. The instrument holder is held in fixed position in an incision in the patient between changes of instrument inserts during the course of a procedure such that trauma or damage which can result from withdrawal and re-insertion of another or the same instrument is minimized or eliminated. The distal end of the elongated guide member is preferably curved and at least the distal end of the instrument insert is flexible to enable the insert to slide through the curved distal end of the guide member.

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