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major surgery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  major surgery - any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistancesurgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, 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"minor surgery - any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
major surgery
ma·jor op·er·a·tionan extensive, relatively difficult surgical procedure involving vital organs or in itself hazardous to life.major surgery Any operation:
(1) Within or upon the contents of the abdominal, pelvic, cranial or thoracic cavities; or
(2) Which, given the locality, condition of patient, level of difficulty or length of time to perform, constitutes a hazard to life or function of an organ or tissue.
Major surgery usually requires general anaesthesia, a period of hospitalisation of varying length (often a week) and may be performed by a general—board-certified—surgeon in a secondary care hospital, or by a surgical subspecialist in a tertiary care hospital.major surgery 1. A surgical operation within or upon the contents of the abdominal–or pelvic, cranial, or thoracic cavities, or.2. A procedure which, given the locality, condition of Pt, level of difficulty, or length of time to perform, constitutes a hazard to life or function of an organ or tissue. Cf Minor surgery.LegalSeeSurgerymajor surgery
Related to major surgery: surgicallyAntonyms for major surgerynoun any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistanceRelated Words- surgical operation
- surgical procedure
- surgical process
- surgery
- operation
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