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Qualifier in English: surgery
Qualifier in Spanish: cirugía
Qualifier in Portuguese: cirurgia
Qualifier in French: chirurgie
Entry term(s): intraoperative procedures
invasive procedures
operations
operative procedures
operative therapy
perioperative procedures
peroperative procedures
preoperative procedures
Scope note: Used for operative procedures on organs, regions, or tissues in the treatment of diseases, including tissue section by lasers. It excludes transplantation, for which "transplantation" is used.
Annotation: subhead only; includes "operation", "surgical therapy"; for tissue section or coagulation by laser; not for transplantation ( = /transplantation); indexing policy: Manual 19.8.70; DF: /surg or /SU
Online Note: search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/SU or SU (SH) or SUBS APPLY SU
History Note: 66; used with Category A, C & F 1966-74; A, C & F3 1975; A, B2, C & F3 1976-89; A1-10, A13-14, A16, B2, C & F3 1990 forward
Entry Version: SURG
Abbreviation: SU
DeCS UI: 22009
Descriptor UI: Q000601
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1973/12/27
Revision Date: 2003/07/24
surgery - Preferred
Concept UI M0030796
Scope note Used for operative procedures on organs, regions, or tissues in the treatment of diseases, including tissue section by lasers. It excludes transplantation, for which "transplantation" is used.
Preferred term surgery
Entry term(s) invasive procedures
operations
operative procedures
operative therapy
peroperative procedures - Narrower
Concept UI M0030800
Preferred term peroperative procedures
perioperative procedures - Narrower
Concept UI M0030799
Preferred term perioperative procedures
preoperative procedures - Narrower
Concept UI M0030797
Preferred term preoperative procedures
intraoperative procedures - Narrower
Concept UI M0030798
Preferred term intraoperative procedures



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