adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a surgical scar (= caused by a medical operation )
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He had a large surgical scar on his back.
surgical gloves (= special gloves worn by doctors )
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Surgical gloves help prevent the spread of germs.
surgical spirit
surgical strike
surgical techniques
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Surgical techniques have improved considerably in the last twenty years.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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abortion
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But I fear that if this pill is licensed, access to surgical abortion may be reduced.
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By contrast, surgical abortion is most effective and most often done later in pregnancy.
glove
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Allied businesses such as specialist surgical gloves also offer strong growth potential worldwide.
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All the most basic supplies-disinfectants, syringes, surgical gloves-are lacking.
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They came into the hallway before opening it and taking out rubber surgical gloves .
instrument
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From its size, the knife must have had a very specific use and may even have been a surgical instrument .
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We found medical equipment, surgical instruments , weap-ons, clothing, documents.
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Displays of early surgical instruments give a chilling glimpse of the pain the sick must have endured before anaesthetic was invented.
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Then she was hired to work at the hospital, sterilizing surgical instruments and assisting elderly patients.
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The position of the surgical instrument in the real skull is determined by the sensors in the mechanical arm.
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The surgeon uses the tiny camera to guide the surgical instruments in freeing the kidney.
intervention
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They base their recommendations on an analysis of 19 randomised controlled trials that examined the effectiveness of surgical interventions for glue ear.
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In the epinephrine group, the only case who failed to achieve initial haemostasis received surgical intervention .
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Other crucial questions - for example, does surgical intervention prevent problems at school and of language - are still unanswered.
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For those, we tried heater probe thermocoagulation or surgical intervention .
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Persistent colonic dilatation may constitute an indication for surgical intervention .
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In patients with severe haemorrhage and low surgical risk, surgical intervention was carried out immediately.
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Crohn's disease causes chronic gastrointestinal symptoms which may require prolonged medication and surgical intervention .
operation
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If it isn't a surgical operation will be needed.
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A patient who signs a consent form for a surgical operation can not later sue the surgeon for battery.
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Sometimes it is a surgical operation , sometimes not.
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It had come out of the blue: a brief note from her, saying that she had to undergo a surgical operation .
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You are advised to consult other texts for full details of these and other surgical operations .
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This month scientific advisers will consider whether extra controls are needed to protect food and prevent accidental transmission through surgical operations .
patient
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Most surgical patients , regardless of the extent of their operation, are at risk of some degree of problem with breathing.
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Discharge Many surgical patients will have anxieties about leaving hospital.
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The following summary of nursing responsibilities for the care of surgical patients may appear complex at first glance and impossible to remember.
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Problems of fluid balance can occur rapidly in surgical patients .
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Wound tissue oxygen tension predicts the risk of wound infection in surgical patients .
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Shock occurs to varying degrees in all surgical patients , due to alterations in the normal control mechanisms of the body.
precision
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But within 10 minutes Dalton had restored parity with surgical precision from 15 yards.
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It was an operation executed with little surgical precision .
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We were going to be inserted into it - with what they call surgical precision .
procedure
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Areas where this need can arise usually occur when a surgical procedure or accident has resulted in loss of bone.
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Although not completely pain free, they often prefer this management to any type of surgical procedure .
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Indications for surgery are not clearly defined and there is no agreement on the ideal surgical procedure .
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Lengths of stay are being cut dramatically for just about every serious medical illness and surgical procedure .
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Particular care needs to be taken over: i. accidents or surgical procedures where anaesthetics and appropriate pain relief must be given.
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So far, research has centered on two highly experimental surgical procedures .
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These patients, apart from fearing the surgical procedure and the effects of malignant disease, often have severe psychological problems after surgery.
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They can not read the waivers that they sign preceding surgical procedures .
removal
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Sebaceous cysts there'd been, requiring surgical removal , and ulcerated varicose veins.
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And many women who have had surgical removal of the ovaries find that the difference in desire can be quite sudden.
specimen
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Histology of the surgical specimen showed no cancer.
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Epithelial and lamina propria mononuclear cells were isolated from surgical specimens from control, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis patients.
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Tumours of this size are not identified clinically except incidentally in surgical specimens removed because of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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Surgical specimens Two surgical specimens were examined.
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The surgical specimen , however, proved to be benign.
spirit
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You will need surgical spirit or white spirit for cleaning the needles.
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Nest time use surgical spirit weeks in advance to toughen your feet.
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I have pricked my first blister, squeezed out the fluid, and dabbed it with surgical spirit .
strike
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This wasn't a surgical strike , this was a massacre.
team
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An independent investigator outside the surgical team was not used.
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The true incidence of this varies and is greatly influenced by the experience and skill of the surgical team .
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An immediate surgical consultation was sought and the patient was managed jointly with the surgical team .
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Surgeons and their surgical teams , dressed in watertight garb, also found the low temperatures more comfortable.
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The operation was performed by a surgical team led by Mr Alan Wood.
technique
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Most of these studies, however, comprised patient populations treated by varying surgical techniques , in the period before our study.
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Current surgical techniques also involve reducing the cornea curvature in a bid to correct short-sightedness.
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New surgical techniques mean a hospital stay of less than 48 hours.
treatment
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The most extreme example of this was in the surgical treatment sometimes meted out to women.
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Controversy exists over the influence of medical or surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux on Barrett's oesophagus.
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Before the availability of endoscopic bile duct intervention surgical treatment was the usual approach to management.
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A change in management was recorded if manometry changed either medical or surgical treatment .
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Restorative proctocolectomy is the procedure of choice for most patients who require surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis.
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Urgent surgical treatment by direct suture ligation is the treatment of choice, but the prognosis for most patients is extremely poor.
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The authors draw attention to what seems to be a large regional variation between rates of surgical treatment for glue ear.
ward
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The pace of work on the surgical ward may appear to be extremely rapid.
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You may come across central venous pressure lines on a general surgical ward .
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Certain situations may be particularly worrying for nurses new to the surgical ward .
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This summary is intended to be an Overview of the care a patient may receive whilst on a general surgical ward .
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A high proportion of nursing actions on a surgical ward are directed towards the prevention of problems.
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Setting - Four surgical wards at two Sheffield hospitals.
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You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward .
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There seems to be no place for a dying person on the surgical wards .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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surgical instruments
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a surgical procedure
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The attack was carried out with surgical precision.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The course is aimed at trainees from all surgical specialties.
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There he was handed a smock and a scalpel and one of the new surgical stapling devices.
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These drugs are much more potent and are practically surgical in their effects.
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Workers in surgical masks are running a hydraulic compressor and tractor-trailer drivers are warming up their big rigs.