What does elective surgery mean?

Definitions for elective surgery
elec·tive sur·ge·ry

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  1. elective surgerynoun

    surgery that is not essential, especially surgery to correct a condition that is not life-threatening; surgery that is not required for survival. See also cosmetic surgery.

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  1. Elective surgery

    Elective surgery or elective procedure is surgery that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency. Semi-elective surgery is a surgery that must be done to preserve the patient's life, but does not need to be performed immediately. By contrast, an urgent surgery is one that can wait until the patient is medically stable, but should generally be done today or tomorrow, and an emergency surgery is one that must be performed without delay; the patient has no choice other than immediate surgery, if they do not want to risk permanent disability or death. Most surgeries are elective.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of elective surgery in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of elective surgery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of elective surgery in a Sentence

  1. Katelyn Barley:

    We see that units are shut down, that some beds are not staffed because we don’t have enough, if you need and elective surgery you may be waiting longer, if you do have and emergency you may be stuck in the emergency room, so it really does effect people at home probably more than they think.

  2. Heather Evans:

    I think the take-home message for patients from this particular study is that showering with water within 48 hours after elective surgery is safe if the surgical wound is small, had minimal contamination, and was primarily closed with( stitches).


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  • chirurgie électiveFrench
  • தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட அறுவை சிகிச்சைTamil
  • ఎన్నికల Telugu

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