surgery

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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sur·ger·y (sûrj-r)

n.

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by manual and instrumental means.

2. A surgical operation or procedure, especially one involving the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue.

3. An operating room or a laboratory of a surgeon or of a hospital's surgical staff.

4. The skill or work of a surgeon.

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surgery,

n medical procedure in which the body is manually cut open to treat medical conditions.

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surgery,

n work performed by a surgeon.

surgery, access flap in osseous,

n a full-thickness or split-thickness flap created for the purpose of gaining access to the alveolar bone when surgical remodeling is indicated.

surgery, apically repositioned flap in mucogingival,

n a surgically created flap of gingival tissue that is repositioned apically to maintain or create a functionally adequate zone of attached gingiva. In the surgical procedure the existing attached and free gingiva is detached by employing a reverse bevel incision and apically repositioning the flap.

surgery, cosmetic,

n surgery whose purpose is to improve external appearance rather than general health.

surgery, first-stage,

n See surgery, stage-one.

surgery, full flap in mucogingival,

n a flap in which all the soft tissue elements are raised and repositioned, as opposed to the split-thickness flap.

surgery, mucogingival,

n surgical procedure designed to retain a functionally adequate zone of gingiva after surgical pocket elimination, create a functionally adequate zone of attached gingiva, alter the position of or eliminate a frenum, or deepen the vestibule.

surgery, oblique flap in mucogingival,

n an increased band of attached gingiva created by preparing a narrow papillary flap (to avoid donor site radicular recession), which is then rotated 90° and sutured into the prepared recipient site.

surgery, osseous,

n the therapeutic surgical measures used and designed to eliminate osseous deformities by means of ostectomy or osteoplasty or create a favorable environment by means of meticulous removal of the soft tissue contents of the infrabony osseous defect for the formation of new bone, periodontal membrane, and cementum to fill in the area of bone resorption.

surgery, pedicle flap in mucogingival,

n an increased band of attached gingiva created to repair a cleft by using proximal gingiva situated mesial and distal to the cleft, because gingiva in either location alone is not wide enough to cover the cleft if repositioned. The pedicles are repositioned laterally and sutured. Also called a
double papilla procedure.

surgery, second-stage,

n See surgery, stage-two.

surgery, stage-one,

n a surgical procedure in which an endosseous two-stage implant is placed in the bone and the soft tissue over the implant is sutured closed to allow osseointegration of the implant before the abutment and prosthesis are attached; also known as
first-stage surgery.

surgery, stage-two,

n a surgical procedure in which the soft tissue over a submerged implant is removed in order to place an abutment into the implant; also known as
second-stage surgery.

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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.