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• a  of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
  surgical instruments
  surgical intervention
• a  relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
  a surgical appendix
  a surgical procedure
• s  performed with great precision
  a surgical air strike

• A Pittsburgh company develops a simple technology to ensure that no surgical sponges get left behind.
• Silent, motionless, unconscious, and all but invisible under her surgical drapes, the leading actor is the human patient.
• Using RFID, one firm makes sure that sponges don't go home with surgical patients.

• operative

• nonsurgical
• medical

News & Articles

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• Electrical burns may burst surgical robot's bubble
  The da Vinci surgical robot is so precise, promotional videos show it carefully peeling a grape.It’s so popular that most so-called “keyhole” hysterectomies are done using the machine, and it’s used in four out of five operations to remove the prostate, according to the non-profit ECRI Institute.But a series of lawsuits threaten to burst da Vinci’s high-flying bubble, claiming that a very low ...
  June 15, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Douglas hospital unveils surgical robot
  Memorial Hospital of Converse County has begun using the da Vinci Si Surgical System in their operating room.
  June 15, 2013 - Casper Star-Tribune
• Surgical centers for abortions
  A measure before a Texas Senate panel would require abortion facilities to perform the procedures in ambulatory surgical centers.
  June 13, 2013 - KXAN 36 Austin

Quotes

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• Kobe Bryant in SportingNews.com
  My current thinking is to give my finger some treatment and rest for a few days, and hope I can still continue to compete at a high level after that rest,Bryant said in statement. "I would prefer to delay any surgical procedure until after...
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Reuters
  Ginsburg said in the statement she underwent "a complete, successful, surgical removal of a pancreatic cancer" on February 5 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City."
• Anna Bligh in PerthNow
  As legislators, we have a responsibility to ensure our youth are not resorting to surgical quick-fixes to improve their appearance and there are no cowboys in the industry preying on their vulnerabilities and insecurities,Ms Bligh said.