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