stereotactic 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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stereotactic surgery,

any of several techniques for the production of sharply circumscribed lesions in specific tiny areas of pathologic tissue in deep-seated structures of the central nervous system. The site to be worked on is localized with three-dimensional coordinates. Methods of producing lesions include heat, cold, x-rays, and ultrasound. Also called stereotaxic surgery.