surgery

A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a body. This action is commonly performed at a hospital.

Related tags

Surgical performer

• Doctor
• Nurse
• Surgeon

Medical instruments / service objects

• bandages
• forceps
• gauze
• hospital bed
• intravenous drip

** blood bag

• iv stand
• operating table
• oxygen mask
• saw

** bonesaw

• scalpel
• stethoscope
• stitches

** stitching

• surgical light
• surgical scissors
• syringe
• x-ray

Clothing

• hospital gown
• medical scrubs
• rubber gloves
• surgical cap
• surgical mask

Kinds of Surgeries

Generally speaking, surgeries ending with the suffix -tomy are removals or incisions to clear a blockage while ones ending in -plasty are repairs or the creation of a new organ.

• Breast surgeries

** breast enhancement scar
** breast reduction
** mastectomy (mastectomy scar) - breast removal

• Female genital surgeries

** clitoridectomy
** clitoroplasty - creation or adjustment of clitoris
** hysterectomy (hysterectomy scar) - uterus and cervix removal
** labiaplasty - creation or adjustment of labia
** oophorectomy - ovary removal
** salpingectomy - fallopian tubes removal
** vaginoplasty - creation or adjustment of vagina

• Male genital surgeries

** circumcision - foreskin removal
** glansplasty - creation or adjustment of glans
** orchiectomy - testicle removal
** penectomy - penis removal
** phalloplasty - creation or adjustment of penis
** scrotoplasty - creation or adjustment of scrotum

• lobotomy
• sex reassignment surgery
• tracheotomy - throat incision

Misc

• amputee
• blood
• cardiogram
• clipboard
• guro
• privacy screen
• severed limb
• surgical scar