surgical procedure
Cutting to heal
A surgical procedure is any operation performed by a medical professional that involves cutting into the body, removing tissue, or otherwise physically intervening to treat injury or disease.
The term covers everything from minor outpatient work to major operations requiring general anesthesia: The biopsy is a routine surgical procedure.
In medical and insurance contexts, surgical procedure often distinguishes hands-on intervention from medication or other treatments.
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- haemostasisArrest of bleeding
- operationProcess of working
- suturingClosing wounds with thread
wound closure · going under · general anesthetic · anastomosis · open heart · organ transplantation · anesthesia · scrubbing in · cauterization · grafting · minimally invasive · postoperative care · recovery room · sterile field · debridement · appendectomy · patient safety · infection control
- anatomy diagramsanatomy chart, anatomy poster, muscle diagram, body systems, labeled diagram
surgical proceduremedication
Therapeutic substance for illness
drug therapy · conservative treatment · pharmacotherapy · medical management · non-invasive treatment
surgical procedurewatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
observation · monitoring · doing nothing · palliative care · comfort care
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