surgical procedures
Cutting to heal
Surgical procedures are medical operations performed by surgeons, typically involving incisions, manipulation of tissue, or other physical interventions to treat disease, injury, or deformity.
The term covers everything from minor outpatient procedures to major operations requiring general anesthesia: The surgical procedures went smoothly.
In broader usage, surgical can describe any action that is precise and targeted: a surgical strike, surgical removal of the tumor.
- operationProcess of working
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- going underFailing or submerging
- general anesthesiaDrug-induced unconsciousness for surgery
- scrub inSurgical hand-washing ritual
minimally invasive · incision · anesthesia · sutures · laparotomy · endoscopy · recovery room · clamps · biopsy · cholecystectomy · appendectomy · scalpel · ligation · catheterization · bypass · graft · knee replacement · table
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- animal testinglab mice, animal testing, lab rats, vivisection, experimentation
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surgical proceduresmedication
Therapeutic substance for illness
conservative treatment · pharmacotherapy · drug therapy · medical management · physical therapy
surgical procedureswatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
non-intervention · observation · doing nothing · letting nature take its course · monitoring
surgical proceduresalternative medicine
Non-standard healing practices
naturopathy · homeopathy · holistic medicine · traditional medicine · herbal remedies
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