surgical procedure

Noun
  1. A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments;
    Performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (synset 100672594)
    "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
    referred to in: surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
    associated with:
    is a type of: medical procedure - a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners
    subtypes:
    • catheterisation, catheterization - the operation of introducing a catheter into the body
    • ablation, cutting out, excision, extirpation - 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)
    • 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
    • wrong-site surgery - a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body
    • evisceration - surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
    • 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
    • hysterotomy - surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section)
    • implantation - a surgical procedure that places something in the human body
    • 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 act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
    • 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, transplant, transplantation - an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
    • 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
    • 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)
    has:
    same as: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical process

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