Definition of surgical operation Surgical operation
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| surgical operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" | ||
| operation, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical process | ||
| medical procedure a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners | ||
| surgery a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" | ||
| catheterisation, catheterization the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | ||
| cutting out, ablation, extirpation, excision surgical removal of a body part or tissue | ||
| amputation a surgical removal of all or part of a limb | ||
| angioplasty an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery | ||
| arthroplasty surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint | ||
| arthroscopy a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision | ||
| brain surgery any surgical procedure involving the brain | ||
| castration surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization" | ||
| cauterisation, cauterization, cautery the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | ||
| chemosurgery use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | ||
| craniotomy a surgical opening through the skull | ||
| cryosurgery the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) | ||
| curettage, curettement surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | ||
| debridement surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing | ||
| decortication removal of the outer covering of an organ or part | ||
| d and c, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion | ||
| electrosurgery surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) | ||
| enterostomy, enterotomy surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine | ||
| enucleation surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor" | ||
| wrong-site surgery a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body | ||
| evisceration altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act" | ||
| exenteration surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis) | ||
| eye operation, eye surgery any surgical procedure involving the eyes | ||
| fenestration surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis | ||
| gastrectomy surgical removal of all or part of the stomach | ||
| gastroenterostomy surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated | ||
| gastrostomy surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) | ||
| heart surgery any surgical procedure involving the heart | ||
| haemorrhoidectomy, hemorrhoidectomy surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them | ||
| haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | ||
| hysterotomy surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section) | ||
| implantation a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland" | ||
| surgical incision, incision, section the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) | ||
| intestinal bypass surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity | ||
| jejunostomy surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding | ||
| major surgery any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance | ||
| microsurgery surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures | ||
| minor surgery any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance | ||
| myotomy surgical incision or division of a muscle | ||
| myringectomy surgical removal of the eardrum | ||
| myringoplasty surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft | ||
| myringotomy surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear) | ||
| neurosurgery any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | ||
| orchiopexy operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum | ||
| osteotomy surgical sectioning of bone | ||
| ostomy surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes | ||
| palatopharyngoplasty, ppp, uppp, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | ||
| phlebectomy surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins | ||
| photocoagulation surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina | ||
| anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | ||
| polypectomy surgical removal of a polyp | ||
| resection surgical removal of part of a structure or organ | ||
| rhinotomy surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus | ||
| rhizotomy surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms | ||
| sex-change operation, transsexual surgery surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex | ||
| purse-string operation, shirodkar's operation a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies | ||
| sterilisation, sterilization the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) | ||
| strabotomy the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus | ||
| taxis the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part | ||
| tracheostomy, tracheotomy a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | ||
| organ transplant, transplantation, transplant the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" | ||
| trephination an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull | ||
| tympanoplasty surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear | ||
| uranoplasty surgical correction of a defect of the palate | ||
| suturing surgical joining of two surfaces | ||
| vasovasostomy a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy | ||
| vivisection the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) | ||
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