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Surgical

Meanings and phrases

surgical

adj.

1. of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; operative
3. performed with great precision

surgical contraception

n.

1. contraception by surgical sterilization

surgical dressing

n.

1. a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery

surgical gown

n.

1. protective garment worn by surgeons during operations; gown; scrubs

surgical incision

n.

1. the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation); incision; section

surgical instrument

n.

1. a medical instrument used in surgery

surgical knife

n.

1. a very sharp knife used in surgery

surgical operation

n.

1. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; operation; surgery; surgical procedure; surgical process

surgical procedure

n.

1. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical process

E.g.

• The bile is collected from live bears via a surgical procedure.
• During the latter half of the 1980s, PNS became an established surgical procedure.
• It is a surgical procedure in which the foreskin is opened and separated from the glans.

surgical process

n.

1. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure

surgical seam

n.

1. a seam used in surgery; suture

surgical spirit

n.

1. methylated spirit used in the practice of medicine (especially for cleansing the skin before injections or before surgery)

surgical strike

n.

1. an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target

surgical procedures

E.g.

• Standard surgical procedures are followed in these cases.
• Their use in surgical procedures is to help prevent infection of incisions.
• The break required two surgical procedures from which Neame never recovered.

surgical treatment

E.g.

• The most significant prognostic factor is initial surgical treatment.
• These effusions resolve with antibiotics and require no surgical treatment.
• For this reason, it has not supplanted surgical treatment by cholecystectomy.

medical and surgical

E.g.

• Weekly clinics are run for medical and surgical superspecialties.
• St. Mary's Hospital - Madison is a general medical and surgical facility.
• The hospital can provide most of the medical and surgical care for its patients.

surgical removal

E.g.

• This involves surgical removal of parts of sensitive female genital organs.
• Trendelenburg was also interested in the surgical removal of pulmonary emboli.
• Hypophysectomy Hypophysectomy is the surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland).

surgical intervention

E.g.

• It almost always requires surgical intervention.
• Another surgical intervention is coronary artery bypass.
• If surgical intervention is contraindicated, corticosteroids may be used.

surgical techniques

E.g.

• Early cancer treatment focused on improving surgical techniques for removing tumors.
• There is insufficient evidence on other surgical techniques to draw firm conclusions."
• Both minimally invasive and open surgical techniques are used to treat anterolisthesis.

surgical instruments

E.g.

• They used a variety of surgical instruments, as well as medicinal plants and ointments.
• Examples of Class I devices include elastic bandages, examination gloves, and hand-held surgical instruments.
• Karl Elsener had opened a factory in Ibach for the production of knives and surgical instruments, from which the knife factory Victorinox developed.