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surgery /sur·gery/ (ser´jer-e)

1. the branch of medicine that treats diseases, injuries, and deformities by manual or operative methods.

2. the place in a hospital, or doctor's or dentist's office, where surgery is performed.

3. in Great Britain, a room or office where a doctor sees and treats patients.

4. the work performed by a surgeon.

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antiseptic surgery  surgery using antiseptic methods.

aseptic surgery  that performed in an environment so free from microorganisms that significant infection or suppuration does not supervene.

bench surgery  surgery performed on an organ that has been removed from the body, after which it is reimplanted.

conservative surgery  surgery designed to preserve, or to remove with minimal risk, diseased or injured organs, tissues, or limbs.

cytoreductive surgery  debulking.

dental surgery  oral and maxillofacial s.

general surgery  that which deals with surgical problems of all kinds, rather than those in a restricted area, as in a surgical specialty such as neurosurgery.

major surgery  surgery involving the more important, difficult, and hazardous operations.

minimally invasive surgery  surgery done with only a small incision or no incision at all, such as through a cannula with a laparoscope or endoscope.

minor surgery  surgery restricted to management of minor problems and injuries.

Mohs' surgery  see under technique.

oral and maxillofacial surgery  the branch of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis and surgical and adjunct treatment of diseases and defects of the mouth and dental structures.

plastic surgery  surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, correction, or improvement in shape and appearance of body structures that are defective, damaged, or misshapen by injury, disease, or growth and development.

radical surgery  surgery designed to extirpate all areas of locally extensive disease and adjacent zones of lymphatic drainage.

stereotactic surgery , stereotaxic surgery any of several techniques for the production of sharply circumscribed lesions in specific tiny areas of pathologic tissue in deep-seated brain structures after locating the discrete structure by means of three-dimensional coordinates.

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plastic surgery

n.

Surgery to remodel, repair, or restore body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue.

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Plastic surgery

The restoring and reshaping of the skin and its appendages to improve their function and appearance.

Mentioned in: Peyronie's Disease

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plastic surgery

Etymology: Gk, plassein, to mold, cheirourgia, surgery

surgery to heal, reconstruct, restore function, and correct disfigurement or scarring resulting from trauma or acquired or congenital lesions or defects. In performing corrective plastic surgery, the surgeon may use tissue from the patient or from another person or an inert material that is nonirritating, has a consistency appropriate to the use, and is able to hold its shape and form indefinitely. Implants are commonly used in mammoplasty for breast augmentation. Skin grafting is the most common procedure in plastic surgery. Z-plasty and Y-plasty are simpler techniques often performed instead of grafting in areas of the body covered by skin that is loose and elastic, such as the neck, axilla, throat, and inner aspect of the elbow. Dermabrasion is used to remove pockmarks, acne scars, or signs of traumatic skin damage. Chemical peeling is another technique in corrective plastic surgery. It is used primarily for removing fine wrinkles on the face. Tattooing, in which a pigment is tattooed into the skin of a graft, is performed to change the color of the graft to resemble more closely the surrounding skin. Reconstructive plastic surgery is performed to correct birth defects, to repair structures destroyed by trauma, and to replace tissue removed in other surgical procedures. Cleft lip and cleft palate repair and other maxillofacial surgical procedures, including rhinoplasty, otoplasty, and rhytidoplasty, are among these reconstructive procedures. Care of the patient before and after plastic surgery may require considerable sensitivity and tact. The patient may be exceedingly uncomfortable about the real or perceived appearance of the defect. An accepting, nonjudgmental attitude of all staff members is to the patient's benefit. Optimal nutritional status helps a graft to "take" and speeds healing. Each procedure and technique involves particular kinds of care in the preoperative and postoperative periods. Instructions and assistance in self-care activities are also specific to the procedure. Success of most of the procedures depends greatly on the patient's cooperation and on fastidious nursing care. The correction of a visible abnormality may be of inestimable benefit to the patient's assurance, self-esteem, and function in society. See also specific procedures. Also called cosmetic surgery, reconstructive surgery.

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plastic,

n 1. a restorative material (e.g., amalgam, cement, gutta-percha, resin) that is soft at the time of insertion and may then be shaped or molded, after which it will harden or set.
adj 2. malleable; capable of being molded.

plastic base,

n See base, plastic.

plastic closure,

n suturing of tissues that involves their displacement by sliding or rotation to create a surgical closure.

plastic strip,

n a clear plastic strip of celluloid or acrylic resin used as a matrix when silicate cement or acrylic is inserted into proximal prepared cavities in anterior teeth.

plastic surgery,

n branch of medicine that deals with the surgical alteration, replacement, restoration, or reconstruction of a visible part of the body to correct a structural or cosmetic defect.

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surgery

1. that branch of veterinary science which treats diseases, injuries and deformities by manual or operative methods.

2. the place in a hospital, or doctor's or dentist's office where surgery is performed.

3. in some countries a room or office where a veterinarian sees and treats patients.

4. the work performed by a surgeon.

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basic surgery kit

the collection of instruments, wrapped, sterilized and ready for use in the majority of uncomplicated surgical procedures. The choice of instruments may vary from one surgeon to another, but generally there are tissue forceps, thumb forceps, sponge forceps, hemostats, towel clamps, scalpel handle and needle holder. Scissors and needles may be added after cold sterilization.

bench surgery

surgery performed on an organ that has been removed from the body, after which it is reimplanted.

cold steel surgery

that performed with traditional cutting instruments; to distinguish from cryosurgical and electrosurgical methods.

cosmetic surgery

performed to improve the appearance, or change the appearance, of the animal; surgery that is not necessary for the health of the animal. Other than ear cropping and tail docking, where performed, generally discouraged or considered unethical for animals as it is usually done for purposes of improving their appearance in the show ring or to disguise traits that might be heritable.

elective surgery

surgery carried out at a time convenient to client and surgeon. The opposite of emergency surgery. Distinctly different to cosmetic surgery.

experimental surgery

that carried out as part of a planned experimental protocol, usually on animals selected specifically for the purpose and which are often sacrificed afterwards. Increasingly, use of animals in this way is under the control of institutional or governmental authorities.

plastic surgery

that concerned with the restoration, reconstruction, correction or improvement in the shape and appearance of body structures that are defective, damaged or misshapen by injury, disease or anomalous growth and development.

replacement surgery

transplanting of tissues or organs from another host. Not commonly undertaken in veterinary surgery.

veterinary surgery

see veterinary surgery.