- "Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and/or instrumental techniques to physically reach into a subject's body in order to investigate or treat pathological conditions such as a disease or injury, to alter bodily functions..."
Specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of injuries, diseases, and deformities through surgical intervention.
Anatomy: The study of the structure and organization of living organisms, particularly the human body.
Physiology: The study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.
Pharmacology: The study of drugs and their effects on the body.
Pathology: The study of diseases and their causes.
Medical Ethics: The study of ethical issues in the practice of medicine.
Medical Terminology: The language used by healthcare professionals to communicate.
Medical Imaging: The use of technology to create visual representations of internal body structures.
Anesthesiology: The practice of administering anesthesia and monitoring patients during surgery.
Surgical Techniques: The various methods and procedures used in surgical interventions.
Wound Healing: The process of repairing damaged tissue after surgery.
Microbiology: The study of microorganisms that can cause infection.
Trauma Surgery: The medical specialty that deals with injuries caused by an accident.
Cardiac Surgery: The medical specialty that deals with surgical interventions on the heart and its structures.
Emergency Surgery: The expedited surgical intervention to save a patient's life.
Plastic Surgery: The medical specialty dealing with the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body.
Neurosurgery: The medical specialty dealing with surgical interventions on the nervous system.
Oncologic Surgery: The medical specialty dealing with surgical interventions of cancer.
Pediatric Surgery: The medical specialty dealing with surgical interventions in children.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: The medical specialty dealing with surgical interventions on the mouth, teeth, jaws, and neck.
Laparoscopic Surgery: The medical specialty dealing with minimally invasive surgical interventions.
- "...to improve appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove/replace unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies."
- "The subject receiving the surgery is typically a person (i.e. a patient), but can also be a non-human animal (i.e. veterinary surgery)."
- "The act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure or operation, or simply 'surgery'."
- "In this context, the verb 'operate' means to perform surgery."
- "The surgical assistant provides in-procedure manual assistance during surgery."
- "Most surgical procedures are performed by a pair of operators: a surgeon who is the main operator performing the surgery, and a surgical assistant who provides in-procedure manual assistance during surgery."
- "Modern surgical operations typically require a surgical team that typically consists of the surgeon, the surgical assistant, an anaesthetist..."
- "...all surgical procedures are considered invasive and often require a period of postoperative care (sometimes intensive care) for the patient to recover from the iatrogenic trauma inflicted by the procedure."
- "The duration of surgery can span from several minutes to tens of hours depending on the specialty, the nature of the condition, the target body parts involved and the circumstance of each procedure..."
- "most surgeries are designed to be one-off interventions that are typically not intended as an ongoing or repeated type of treatment."
- "The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments, surgical facility or surgical nurse."
- "In common colloquialism, the term 'surgery' can also refer to the facility where surgery is performed..."
- "In British English, simply the office/clinic of a physician, dentist or veterinarian."
- "procedures that mandate cardiopulmonary bypass will also have a perfusionist."
- "to physically reach into a subject's body in order to investigate or treat pathological conditions such as a disease or injury..."
- "...to alter bodily functions (e.g. bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass)."
- "...to improve appearance (cosmetic surgery)..."
- "...to remove/replace unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies."
- "Most surgical procedures are performed by a pair of operators: a surgeon who is the main operator performing the surgery..."