Word: incisional
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Under the bright lights that illuminate the surgical incision with brutal clarity, the achievement of the surgeon and his assistants becomes one of the greater glories of science. Man may strain ever farther into space, ever deeper into the heart of the atom, but there in the operating room all...
In one operating room, surgeons made an incision in the woman donor. Removing her kidney, they placed it in a basin and carried it to an operating room next door, where another team was removing the male host's right kidney.
After the patient's head is shaved, he is given a local anesthetic at a carefully calculated spot on his head. Dr. Cooper then makes an incision and bores a hole in the patient's skull. He places a bow-shaped instrument of his own design around the...
Surgery's role in treating such cancer is to remove not only the breast containing the malignant tumor but also the lymph nodes that act as reservoirs for cancer cells traveling from the breast to the rest of the body. In most U.S. hospitals, surgeons perform a classical operation...
The objective of surgery in such cases is not only to re-establish joint space by the cutting and removal of thickened tissue, but also to relocate tightened tendons so maximum flexion is obtained in the joints. Dr. Sakellarides began the operation at the joints between hand and fingers where...