noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cosmetic surgery
elective surgery
▪ elective surgery such as hip replacements
keyhole surgery
lifesaving surgery/treatment/drugs etc
▪ The boy needs a life-saving transplant operation.
open-heart surgery
plastic surgery
reconstructive surgery
▪ He’s recovering well from reconstructive surgery on his nose.
tree surgery
undergo treatment/surgery/an operation
▪ The cyclist underwent emergency surgery yesterday after a collision with a car.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
back
▪ After defensive end Charles Haley had back surgery last month, the coaches moved tackle Leon Lett to end.
▪ Defenseman Dmitri Mironov is likely out for the season following back surgery....
▪ Person is expected to be out for the season after back surgery last month.
▪ Tocchet had back surgery after the 1993-94 season and missed 12 games last season with back problems.
cardiac
▪ I hope that the waiting list for cardiac surgery will reduce greatly over the next year.
▪ Heart disease, then major cardiac surgery and now what is being described as pneumonia have kept him from work.
▪ Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?
▪ There was no cardiac surgery unit in the two districts studied.
▪ In addition, cardiac surgery was not carried out in the two districts studied.
▪ Any renal unit serving a district with cardiac surgery facilities would have significantly more patients developing acute postoperative renal failure.
▪ Two different points to consider For many elderly patients it will be decided that cardiac surgery is not clinically indicated.
▪ The rate of stroke in high-risk cardiac surgery patients receiving aprotinin therapy is lower than would be anticipated.
coronary
▪ Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?
cosmetic
▪ I have seen too many people who have looked odd after cosmetic surgery.
▪ We talked about cosmetic surgery and we asked to see the scars.
▪ Have cosmetic surgery every two years?
▪ Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.
▪ Talking point - Cosmetic surgery Would you spend thousands on a new face?
▪ More women are now undergoing cosmetic surgery more and more often.
▪ It would be so even if cosmetic surgery were painless, which it most definitely is not.
▪ The aim is to tell the surgeons about a survey which shows the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery.
dental
▪ If the tooth is loosened in its socket, modern dental surgery may be able to fix it to adjacent teeth.
▪ The familiar smell of the dental surgery comes from oil of cloves, a component of some dental cements.
▪ We have our own dental surgery, physio department, dispensary, X-ray unit.
▪ Bone collected during dental implant surgery: a clinical and histological study.
▪ I was allowed no anaesthetic because I was so drunk, but felt nothing of the emergency dental surgery or stitches.
▪ People who can't afford private treatment will be forced to visit school dentists or mobile dental surgeries.
elective
▪ The risks of this condition after elective minor surgery under local anaesthesia have probably not been appreciated.
▪ The hospital delayed elective surgeries, but the day otherwise went smoothly, a spokeswoman said.
▪ Diagnostic tests and elective surgeries may be postponed or ordered less frequently.
further
▪ This was to be our first meeting since the threat of further surgery or at the least, drugs.
▪ She still faces further surgery to repair her eyelids, which we re partially destroyed and do not fully close.
▪ A further group with anastomotic recurrences are often unsuitable for further surgery.
▪ A biopsy was inconclusive and further surgery was advised.
▪ The former tennis player had a quadruple heart by-pass in 1979 and further surgery in 1983.
▪ He has already undergone one operation and faces further surgery.
▪ Yesterday a Durham Police spokesman said the consultant in charge of Pringle had told detectives he is to undergo further surgery next month.
▪ Thanks to Robodoc's accuracy, doctors hope further surgery will not be necessary this time.
gastric
▪ The cause for this is not clear but one factor could be the higher proportion of miners who had had gastric surgery.
▪ Delayed gastric emptying after surgery was confirmed in only 20% of patients referred with this clinical diagnosis.
▪ Patients with previous oesophageal or gastric surgery were excluded from the study.
▪ Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.
▪ Previous gastric surgery was not a feature of our tumour group as has been suggested by previous studies.
▪ Persistant pain is often reported after gastric surgery and management is difficult.
▪ Conversely, operations that divert bile away from the stomach will ameliorate dysplastic features induced by previous gastric surgery.
▪ None of these patients had had previous gastric surgery.
general
▪ Preventative medicine should be practised in every general practice surgery in the country.
▪ The second phase would be carried out by the dispersal of nurses and psychologists into general practice surgeries and day hospitals.
▪ The regional authority provided £40,000 for ophthalmology and £10,000 has been identified for general surgery.
▪ The district nurse is attached to the general practitioner surgery or health centre.
▪ And about geriatrics never again being isolated from general medicine and surgery.
▪ Organ donor cards are available from most hospitals, general practice surgeries, dispensing pharmacists, and social security offices. 9.
▪ They do not want to waste their time going backwards and forwards to the general practitioner's surgery.
▪ The money will be used to help patients waiting for operations in orthopaedic, urology, general and oral surgery areas.
major
▪ Read in studio A team of cancer specialists has developed a new treatment that reduces the need for major surgery.
▪ And, short of major corporate surgery, none of these are likely to change.
▪ Mr Readman said Pringle had to undergo major surgery to his jaw in the middle of June before police could interview him.
▪ What was done was major surgery.
▪ The surgeon says that it can avoid major surgery.
▪ Still, major surgery may not be necessary.
▪ The jeweller has undergone major surgery for his injuries but is now out of intensive care.
▪ If treatment is needed the success rate is very high. Major surgery is rarely necessary.
minor
▪ Others increased provision of minor surgery with a view to reducing referrals to certain specialties.
▪ I wished for my Mom to take care of me after minor surgery last year.
▪ The risks of this condition after elective minor surgery under local anaesthesia have probably not been appreciated.
▪ Finally he decided to enter the hospital for minor surgery, in the hope of seeing more of her there.
▪ There is only one reported case associated with minor dermatological surgery and that was from the United States in 1987.
▪ We have already ear-marked one fine beech for only minor surgery.
▪ Had had, so Sammler was told, minor surgery.
open
▪ The two men agree their chances of survival without open heart surgery were slim.
▪ With today's 99 percent success rate the future for most open heart surgery patients is rosy.
▪ Under the current arrangements, the priorities within open heart surgery are decided solely by the clinicians concerned.
▪ The co-pilot Jim had a scar on his chest from open heart surgery.
▪ And bravely once again she's opted for an open surgery.
▪ Despite the development of radiation strictures in three patients none required open surgery.
plastic
▪ One way of exorcizing such fear and longing is to submit to the ghastly ritual of plastic surgery.
▪ HOUSTONRight before Geni Hefner had plastic surgery to repair her battered face, she sat in her apartment and recalled the horror.
▪ Later, police rushed the damaged nose part to hospital where it was sewn back on by delicate plastic surgery.
▪ Carrillo died last July 4 from complications following extensive plastic surgery and liposuction.
▪ Medical care at the hospital was soon expanded to include rehabilitation and plastic surgery.
previous
▪ Only one patient was non-white. Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.
▪ Patients with abnormal findings at endoscopy or who had had previous surgery were excluded from the study.
▪ Conversely, operations that divert bile away from the stomach will ameliorate dysplastic features induced by previous gastric surgery.
▪ None of these patients had had previous gastric surgery.
▪ No patient had a coexisting medical complaint likely to affect bile acid metabolism nor had any undergone previous bowel surgery other than appendicectomy.
radical
▪ The body politic may have undergone radical surgery and it may have aged considerably, but it has continued to endure.
▪ Despite the radical surgery, the workers' bodies were the same as they had been in Britain.
▪ Yet without fairly radical surgery, the long-term health of the company might have been in jeopardy.
▪ King then recommended even more radical surgery.
▪ Action was being undertaken, but it was far removed from the radical surgery that seemed to be needed.
▪ Improvements in drug therapy are being introduced all the time, reducing the need for radical surgery.
reconstructive
▪ She made a documentary about having reconstructive surgery, to help other women understand what the process was like.
▪ Surgeons who performed reconstructive surgery encountered many problems similar to those faced by their medical colleagues.
▪ He's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose.
▪ Next came a small hospital with a reconstructive surgery unit equipped with prosthetic and orthotic appliances and other inputs.
▪ A plastic surgeon said no decision would be made on whether they needed reconstructive surgery until their wounds healed.
▪ A senior, Anchrum missed 33 games after reconstructive surgery on his right knee.
▪ After barely surviving her ordeal, the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.
▪ Now, with Rice out while he recovers from reconstructive knee surgery, the ball is being spread around.
■ NOUN
brain
▪ He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery.
▪ We learned an elaborate preparatory procedure that made scrubbing for brain surgery seem dilatory.
▪ The procedure, Incidentally, can and has been performed on patients undergoing brain surgery.
▪ It has become a standard in much of brain surgery today.
▪ In brain surgery then, there was only a local anaesthetic and the patient was semi-conscious.
▪ This view is strengthened by the fact that direct stimulation of the brain can produce sensory impressions in patients undergoing brain surgery.
▪ The 59-year-old star needed two life-saving operation to remove blood clots and was left in a deep coma after brain surgery.
bypass
▪ Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?
▪ Yeltsin underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery on Nov. 5.
▪ Would either of them have avoided bypass surgery if they had not been top athletes?
▪ About 300, 000 patients undergo bypass surgery annually, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
▪ When the only alternative was standard bypass surgery, most might have gone with angioplasty.
▪ Yeltsin, 66, suffers from heart problems, recently underwent bypass surgery and was stricken with pneumonia last month.
cancer
▪ On that day, Mobutu made a triumphal return from four months of convalescence abroad after prostate cancer surgery.
▪ The year after her cancer surgery, her kidneys gave out and one had to be removed.
▪ During his 1985 cancer surgery, Reagan did cede power to Bush for eight hours.
emergency
▪ One boy, who was shot three times, had emergency surgery and was on a respirator.
▪ Eight patients have required emergency surgery coinciding with the unrestricted reintroduction of food after remission induced by diet.
▪ He was later brought to the Mater Hospital and underwent emergency surgery.
▪ News of the arrests comes on the day that another pensioner underwent emergency surgery following a separate vicious robbery.
▪ Father-of-three Andrew Cockle, 31, was taken to hospital with neck and chest injuries but died after emergency surgery.
▪ Mrs Hayward needed emergency surgery after the bullet narrowly missed her heart.
heart
▪ Lymon died from a heroin overdose, Garnes during heart surgery and Negroni from a stroke.
▪ Has the price of heart surgery gone up in the last five hundred years?
▪ The two men agree their chances of survival without open heart surgery were slim.
▪ Among many recent attempts to measure spirituality in relation to health, heart surgery patients help make a point.
▪ With today's 99 percent success rate the future for most open heart surgery patients is rosy.
▪ Galway who has made a full recovery after heart surgery a year ago, now follows a careful diet.
▪ Under the current arrangements, the priorities within open heart surgery are decided solely by the clinicians concerned.
▪ The co-pilot Jim had a scar on his chest from open heart surgery.
keyhole
▪ Basingstoke and North Hampshire Medical Trust have hosted a special reception evening launching phase two of the keyhole surgery appeal.
▪ Advances in keyhole surgery and laser treatment mean much speedier recovery.
▪ It said this would bring positive improvements like more keyhole surgery, reduced waiting lists, and a day surgery unit.
knee
▪ Inspiration Four hamstring operations and two bouts of knee surgery later, Ian Snodin is back and back in central midfield.
▪ Jenkins made his first 1996 appearance on Sunday, after recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery he had last month.
▪ Carl Bradshaw starts for United, but Brian Gayle is out after knee surgery.
▪ McElroy has the breakaway speed that seems to have eluded Hearst since knee surgery during his rookie season.
▪ But now his injuries have caught up with him, despite a brave battle to recover from recent knee surgery.
▪ And the Suns may get forward Danny Manning, who is recovering from knee surgery, back soon.
▪ Stoke, still searching for a League win, recall £250,000 front-man Biggins, fit after knee surgery.
▪ He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.
■ VERB
consider
▪ Indeed, according to the results for Birmingham, about 2% of people have an aneurysm large enough to be considered for surgery.
▪ Based on these findings the Doppler controlled injection treatment of Dieulafoy's disease could be considered an alternative to surgery.
follow
▪ Tiny Kane Elmore died after becoming infected with the bacteria following heart surgery.
▪ Wexford followed her into the surgery.
▪ Defenseman Dmitri Mironov is likely out for the season following back surgery....
▪ Aprotinin has been used to reduce the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis following hip surgery.
▪ Certain women with negative lymph nodes, for example, might not need chemotherapy, radiation or hormone treatments following surgery.
▪ Carrillo died last July 4 from complications following extensive plastic surgery and liposuction.
need
▪ He was given a brain scan there that showed he did not need immediate brain surgery.
▪ He needed surgery to fix the shoulder and they tell me they repaired some kind of separation.
▪ Little Odessa Blagajek has a heart tumour which needs immediate surgery.
▪ Portland made the trade for me even though they knew I needed surgery.
▪ And £1.5m-rated midfielder Gary Owers is still waiting to discover whether he needs surgery on a troublesome groin injury.
▪ A plastic surgeon said no decision would be made on whether they needed reconstructive surgery until their wounds healed.
▪ And Platt admits that he is likely to need surgery in the near future to cure the ailment.
▪ The sources have said Johnston definitely needs surgery if he wants to play football again.
perform
▪ In 52 patients, radiotherapy with 30 Gy was performed before surgery.
▪ Surgeons who performed reconstructive surgery encountered many problems similar to those faced by their medical colleagues.
▪ They also perform surgery, detect radiation and play records.
▪ The group raised the $ 3, 000 for the procedure, but no doctor has expressed willingness to perform the surgery.
▪ The doctor performing the surgery on Shutt is called Denise Potter, in an ode to the inspiration.
▪ They have performed 40 surgeries in the last year-and-a-half.
recover
▪ By last night only one victim remained in hospital - a 25-year-old man recovering from surgery to remove glass from his arm.
▪ And the Suns may get forward Danny Manning, who is recovering from knee surgery, back soon.
▪ Rideout has been troubled by the problem for some time and will need six weeks to recover after surgery.
▪ He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.
▪ In Tokyo, however, recovering from major surgery, she dropped out after 16 miles.
▪ Howe noted that it often takes a pitcher two years to completely recover from elbow surgery.
▪ But now his injuries have caught up with him, despite a brave battle to recover from recent knee surgery.
▪ Later, bassist Mike Mills recovered from abdominal surgery and Michael Stipe recovered from a hernia operation.
remove
▪ As well as treatment of port wine stains, other lasers can be used to remove tattoos or in surgery.
▪ Maybe he'd had his taste buds removed by surgery.
▪ Medics will also use the kit to ensure all cancerous cells have been removed during tumour surgery.
repair
▪ Roebuck's ankle required surgery to repair the lateral and medial ligaments.
▪ HOUSTONRight before Geni Hefner had plastic surgery to repair her battered face, she sat in her apartment and recalled the horror.
▪ A Flight Lieutenant underwent surgery to repair a broken blood vessel in the brain.
▪ Louis in the Royce Clayton deal, underwent arthroscopic surgery last Saturday to repair a small tear in his pitching shoulder.
▪ She still faces further surgery to repair her eyelids, which we re partially destroyed and do not fully close.
require
▪ Eight patients have required emergency surgery coinciding with the unrestricted reintroduction of food after remission induced by diet.
▪ Any real solutions would require more surgery than Huckelberry currently wants to recommend.
▪ Roebuck's ankle required surgery to repair the lateral and medial ligaments.
▪ Seles has lost something on her serve this year because of a shoulder problem that will require surgery.
▪ However, there were complications that required additional surgery, jaundice possibly caused by gall-bladder disease, and pneumonia.
▪ Since the advent of treatment with bran, fewer patients have required surgery for the complications of diverticular disease.
▪ She will remain on a ventilator for several days and will then require months of surgery and post-operative care.
treat
▪ Once the oviduct is blocked, it is difficult to treat by surgery or other means.
▪ Warts can also be treated with minor surgery.
▪ There is no significant difference in the causes of death between those treated by surgery and those receiving sclerotherapy.
▪ The primary lesion is generally treated with pituitary surgery or irradiation, or both.
undergo
▪ The body politic may have undergone radical surgery and it may have aged considerably, but it has continued to endure.
▪ Two players, Danny Manning and Wayman Tisdale, underwent arthroscopic surgery to treat injuries.
▪ More women are now undergoing cosmetic surgery more and more often.
▪ If she undergoes surgery, it will take place in a private hospital and will be paid for by Zapatista supporters.
▪ Yesterday a Durham Police spokesman said the consultant in charge of Pringle had told detectives he is to undergo further surgery next month.
▪ Stressors can also be negative events, like dealing with an irate boss, getting stuck in traffic, or undergoing surgery.
▪ He was later brought to the Mater Hospital and underwent emergency surgery.
▪ Ratliff underwent surgery Wednesday and could be out at least 2-to-4 weeks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(heart) bypass operation/surgery
sth is not brain surgery
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an injury requiring major surgery
▪ Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.
▪ He's currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.
▪ heart surgery
▪ Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.
▪ patients on the waiting list for heart surgery
▪ She needed emergency surgery after the accident.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.
▪ He underwent chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumor and his right testicle.
▪ Rodriguez spent most of last year rehabbing his right shoulder after surgery.
▪ Scientists found the new strain in an infant boy after he underwent heart surgery.
▪ She'd been in the surgery exactly two minutes.
▪ Six of these died between 10 to 60 days after surgery.
▪ The doctor performing the surgery on Shutt is called Denise Potter, in an ode to the inspiration.