Surgery
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Surgery (from the Template:Lang-el cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and έργον, "work"), via Template:Lang-la, meaning "hand work") is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.
An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply surgery. In this context, the verb operate means to perform surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse. The patient or subject on which the surgery is performed can be a person or an animal. A surgeon is a person who practises surgery. Persons described as surgeons are commonly physicians, but the term is also applied to podiatrists, dentists (known as oral and maxillofacial surgeons) and veterinarians. A surgery can last from minutes to hours, but is typically not an ongoing or periodic type of treatment. The term surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian.
Elective surgery generally refers to a surgical procedure that can be scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency. Plastic, or cosmetic surgeries are common elective procedures.
See also
- Anesthesia
- ASA physical status classification system or pre-operative physical fitness
- Biomaterial
- Cardiac surgery
- Surgical drain
- Endoscopy
- Fluorescence image-guided surgery
- Hypnosurgery
- Jet ventilation
- List of surgical procedures
- Minimally invasive procedure
- Operative report
- Perioperative mortality
- Robotic surgery
- Surgical Outcomes Analysis and Research
- Surgical Sieve
- Trauma surgery
- Reconstructive surgery
Governing bodies
- American College of Surgeons
- American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
