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Common collocations with surgery in American Collocation

surgery noun

US /ˈsɜrdʒəri/

major/minor

extensive
invasive
life-saving
major
minor
radical

Surviving major surgery against all the odds, her recovery is a remarkable one.

on a part of the body

abdominal
cardiac
eye
facial
heart
oral
orthopaedic
spinal
vascular

Achieving good results in cardiac surgery requires team work.

emergency/planned

day
elective
emergency
planned

In emergency surgery almost all operations were performed by registrars.

types of surgery

corrective
keyhole
reconstructive

I need a minor operation by keyhole surgery in October.

on children

paediatric

Paediatric surgery involves working with children and their parents.

need surgery

necessitate
need
require

After consulting two specialists, it was decided the Hungarian player required extensive surgery.

have surgery

have
undergo

Last year he underwent brain surgery to remove an aneurism.

do surgery

do
perform
practise
undertake

Learn how surgery was performed without anaesthetic.

wait for surgery

await

Patients awaiting surgery generally experience high levels of anxiety.

delay or cancel surgery

cancel
delay
postpone

Elective surgery is postponed until the patient is ready.

refuse surgery

refuse

The number of patients who refused surgery was lower than predicted.