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Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or alter aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove…

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Description of surgical procedure

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Global surgery

Human rights

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Surgery

Nodes428
Edges427
Triples345
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Surgery

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related to Types of surgery · 54
Surgery → Ablation, Amputation, Bariatric, Based, By, Bypass, Cardiac, Conventional, Cosmetic, Cryosurgery, Curative, Da Vinci, Elective, Electrosurgery, Emergency, Endoscopic, ENT, Examples, Excision, Exenteration
related to Further reading · 49
Surgery → An, Annals, Bargellesi, Barnes, Bartolo, Benefits, Bonaiuti, Cai, Castioni CA, China, Copetti, CS1, Daley BJ, Early, Feher AW, Fontana, Fu, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Ghazi YA, Heidel RE
see also · 32
Surgery → Anesthesia, Any, Assistant, Cost, CPT, Diseases, HCUP, Healthcare, International Classification, Jet, Medical, Medicine, Mid-level, Outcomes Analysis, Practice, Procedural, Procedural Coding System, Procedural Terminology, Procedure, Publication
related to Global surgery · 24
Surgery → As, Bellwether, Director-General, Furthermore, Global, Global Surgery, Halfdan, In, International College, It, Jim Young Kim, Lancet Commission, LCoGS, LMICs, Mahler, Paul Farmer, President, Surgeons, The Commission, This
related to Ancient and Medieval Greece · 18
Surgery → According, Adelphi University, Asclepieia, Asclepieion, Asclepius, BCE, Epidaurus, Greece, Greek, Hippocrates, In, Paliokastro, Researchers, Thasos, The, The Greek Galen, Their, We
related to Early modern Europe · 18
Surgery → Andreas Vesalius, Barber-surgeons, Basic, Bologna, Chirurgia, De, Galen, Halsteads, In, In Europe, Montpellier, Padua, Renaissance, Rogerius Salernitanus, The, There, University, Western
related to Islamic world · 14
Surgery → Abbas Al-Zahrawi, Abu, Aegina's Pragmateia, Al-Zahrawi, Albucasis, Andalusian-Arab, Córdoba, During, He, Islamic Golden Age, Paul, Qasim Khalaf, The, Zahra
related to Modern surgery · 11
Surgery → Achilles, Age, An, Enlightenment, Europe, He, Hunter, John Hunter, Scottish, The, To
related to Preoperative care · 10
Surgery → ASA, However, If, Likewise, NPO, People, Prior, Routine, Some, The
related to Postoperative care · 9
Surgery → After, During, If, It, Mostly, Obesity, There, These, When

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surgical body procedure procedures may care anesthesia part tissue used involves performed organ also use needed person medical hospital resection

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Surgeryis atherapeutic procedure done to permanently remove a pathology.By type of procedure0.90text
Surgeryis aindivisible0.90text
gastric bypassinstance ofmalabsorption created by bariatric surgery0.80text
electrocautery/fulgurationinstance ofAblation is destruction of tissue through the use of energy-transmitting devices0.80text
laserinstance ofAblation is destruction of tissue through the use of energy-transmitting devices0.80text
focused ultrasound or freezing.Amputation involves removing an entire body partinstance ofAblation is destruction of tissue through the use of energy-transmitting devices0.80text
usually a limb or digitinstance ofAblation is destruction of tissue through the use of energy-transmitting devices0.80text
a hepatic segmentinstance ofA segmental resection specifically removes an independent vascular region of an organ0.80text
a bronchopulmonary segment or a renal lobeinstance ofA segmental resection specifically removes an independent vascular region of an organ0.80text
the Da Vinci or the ZEUS robotic surgical systemsinstance ofscissors or similar sharp-edged instruments.Microsurgery involves the use of an operating microscope for the surgeon to see and manipulate small structures.Robotic surgery makes…0.80text
to remotely control endoscopic or minimally-invasive instruments.By ageinstance ofscissors or similar sharp-edged instruments.Microsurgery involves the use of an operating microscope for the surgeon to see and manipulate small structures.Robotic surgery makes…0.80text
bleeding or hematoma formationinstance ofUnplanned reasons for reoperation include postoperative complications0.80text

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