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"Based on these data, the parents of children have to be comfortable that the surgery is absolutely needed and they have to balance the risk of waiting for the surgery to be done versus the complication that may arise," says Patel, a professor of anesthesiology at the University of California, San Diego.

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  1. noun The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by manual and instrumental means.
  2. noun A surgical operation or procedure, especially one involving the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue.
  3. noun An operating room or a laboratory of a surgeon or of a hospital's surgical staff.
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  • Pneumonia makes you cough, and each cough after my surgery was agony. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • Despite the seizures, his brain appeared normal, so his response to the surgery was a total surprise. —  Omni: October 1993
  • Monday, doctors said the surgery was a complete success and that his recovery so far is better than they could have ever hoped. —  13WHAM: Top Stories
  • Belonging to the broader field of endoscopy, Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS), band aid surgery, keyhole surgery or ben ogg surgery is a modern surgical technique in which operation in the abdomen is performed through small incisions (usually 2-3cm) as compared to larger incisions needed in traditional surgical procedures. —  AME Info Latest News
  • Our View: There will likely be some soreness as Napoli begins to strengthen his arm, but it appears as if the surgery was a success. —  Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers
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  1. Middle English surgerie, from Old French, short for cirurgerie, from cirurgie, from Latin chīrūrgia, from Greek kheirourgiā, from kheirourgos, working by hand : kheir, hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English surgerie, contr. of *cirurgerie, from Old French cirurgerie, a rare form of cirurgie, sirurgie, French chirurgie, surgery, chirurgery: see chirurgery, and cf. surgeon, chirurgeon.
 

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