surgical process

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surgical process - 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"surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgery, operationcatheterisation, catheterization - the operation of introducing a catheter into the bodyablation, cutting out, extirpation, excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissueamputation - a surgical removal of all or part of a limbangioplasty - an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary arteryarthroplasty - surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated jointarthroscopy - a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incisionbrain surgery - any surgical procedure involving the braincastration - 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 freezingchemosurgery - use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancercraniotomy - a surgical opening through the skullcryosurgery - 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 curettedebridement - surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healingdecortication - removal of the outer covering of an organ or partD 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 abortionelectrosurgery - surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery)enterostomy, enterotomy - surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestineenucleation - 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 bodyevisceration - surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patientexenteration - surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis)eye operation, eye surgery - any surgical procedure involving the eyesfenestration - surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosisgastrectomy - surgical removal of all or part of the stomachgastroenterostomy - surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminatedgastrostomy - surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)heart surgery - any surgical procedure involving the hearthaemorrhoidectomy, hemorrhoidectomy - surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising themhaemostasia, 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 obesityjejunostomy - surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feedingmajor surgery - any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistancemicrosurgery - surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structuresminor surgery - any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistancemyotomy - surgical incision or division of a musclemyringectomy - surgical removal of the eardrummyringoplasty - surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graftmyringotomy - 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)