adjective
definition
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
definition
Precise or very accurate.
example
The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.
Examples of surgical in a Sentence
It was in the management of pleurisies that the aid of surgical means first became eminent in inward disease.
His health was ruined by his debaucheries, and a surgical operation became necessary.
The work by which he is chiefly known, the celebrated "canon," is an encyclopaedia of medical and surgical knowledge, founded upon Galen, Aristotle, the later Greek physicians, and the earlier Arabian writers, singularly complete and systematic, but is thought not to show the practical experience of its author.
It embraces many duties - some of them menial and disagreeable - besides the purely medical and surgical functions.
Until she saw the blood on the walls and ceiling, she thought it was a surgical room.
Printing, book-selling, the manufacture of surgical and scientific instruments, chemicals, gloves and vinegar, and the cultivation of hops, fruit and vines are among the leading occupations of the inhabitants.
From 1816 he published various papers in the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, which formed the basis of his Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord, and of his Researches on the Diseases of the Intestinal Canal, Liver and other Viscera of the Abdomen, both published in 1828.
It is largely used in dentistry and slight surgical operations to produce local anaesthesia, and is known by the trade-name kelene.
A state of war, actual or contingent, gives occasion to special developments of medical and surgical practice (military hygiene and military surgery).
In counties lacking adequate hospital accommodation a poor person requiring medical or surgical treatment may be sent to the nearest hospital approved by the state board of charities.
They perform complicated surgical operations with an obsidian knife or a shark's tooth.
The document lists atrophy as a possible surgical implication.
There were two refrigerators for holding blood, needles for drawing, IV tubing for transfusions and a multitude of surgical instruments for removing bullets and knife tips.
Most patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma will not be candidates for surgical resection of their disease.
For example, far too often, patients that go sour in outpatient surgical centers need an inpatient admission into an acute care hospital.
Hill Surgical Workshop Hill Surgical Workshop offers an extensive program of courses teaching advanced surgical anatomy across all specialties of surgery.
The facility for coronary angiography is temporarily housed on the surgical day unit.
HiBiSCRUB can be used as an antiseptic handwash on the ward and for pre-operative surgical hand disinfection and pre and post-operative skin antisepsis.
Webster J, Osborne S. Preoperative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to prevent surgical site infection.
Surgical complications, visual acuity at discharge, 6 weeks, and 1 year follow up, and surgically induced astigmatism are reported.
Among the exhibits in the east atrium will be a mock-up theater, where you handle a range of surgical instuments.
Surgical registrar to be informed about all high risk bleeders.
The most effective treatment for nasal blockage due to polyps is surgical removal.
You may be asked to pay a charge for wigs, fabric supports, surgical brassieres and elastic hosiery.
Surgical correction may be required for painful bunions or for severe circulatory problems.
Bunion Regulator (pair) A bunion night splint can be used to reduce the need to use surgical intervention for a bunion Regulator (pair) A bunion night splint can be used to reduce the need to use surgical intervention for a bunion joint.
He felt capable of managing the situation and spoke to the nursing staff, gynecology staff and the surgical registrar.
It also considered the license renewal application for surgical catgut.
On 6 July, the surgical SHO records the decision to perform a cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder ).
But more advanced surgical techniques, such as extended cholecystectomy or more radical surgery, now offer hope for a possible cure.
The aim of this audit was to assess the implementation of a protocol for urgent cholecystectomy by a specialist upper gastrointestinal surgical team.
Professor Taylor's main clinical and research interests lie in surgical oncology but particularly colorectal cancer and colorectal liver metastases.
As posts develop to meet need, the group now includes colorectal, Macmillan, stoma care, surgical and theater nurses.
Infections of the surgical wound has been the most common postoperative complication.
Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for gastric cancer.
Management of hydatid cysts Surgical treatment is the preferred option.
Many cases, such as slipped disks, are best treated by surgical techniques involving spinal cord decompression.
The incident resulted in the removal of the barbell and surgical decompression of the mouth.
A surgical method for treating scarring which restricts normal movement of joints, or causes deformity.
At these times surgical diathermy is not in use.
Other team members may include the dietitian, social worker, psychologist and surgical ward staff.
This is most commonly achieved by endoscopic balloon dilatation with surgical myotomy reserved for endoscopic failures.
A vacancy exists for a vascular nurse specialist to work within the general surgical directorate.
Each dispenser box contains 25 pairs of surgical gloves; six dispenser box contains 25 pairs of surgical gloves; six dispenser boxes to an outer case.
This includes surgical gowns and surgical drapes that are placed on the market as medical devices.
During this time no patients have undergone surgical embolectomy for PE.
As a precaution I was kept in over night as I developed surgical emphysema, from the aspiration site.
Higher pressure is avoided at it can lead to surgical emphysema.
Acute subdural empyema is the most imperative surgical emergency.
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