surgical anesthesia

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Anesthesia administered so that a surgical procedure can be performed.

Loss of sensation with muscle relaxation adequate for surgery.

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Add in additional demand, as with a surgical procedure, and the body is pushed to its very limits.
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When the same abnormality was detected in a subsequent pregnancy at 18 weeks, she was able to have a surgical abortion.
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For some, 72 hours will mark the difference between having a medical vs. a surgical procedure.
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While some forms of DSD require careful medical attention, most cases do not require violent surgical intervention.
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Two years ago, however, Nancy became ill with a post-surgical infection that caused her immense pain.
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Strictures of the male urethra from chronic gonorrhoeal inflammation often require major surgical operations for relief.
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A—surgical operation is, he says, the only—only thing that can possibly save her life, and—he hopes it will.
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At his death, Benson became the possessor of his few books, his few surgical instruments and some curious preparations.
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He also wrote on diseases of the urinary organs, and on local nervous affections of a surgical character.
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It was up to me to find the boss as quickly as I could and have the three-cornered surgical operation over with.
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