Surgery, Operative
Scope Notes
Here are entered works dealing with the details of surgical operations. Literature relating to the risks and accidents of operations, treatment of patients after operations, and other generalities are entered under the heading [Operations, Surgical.] Works relating especially to methods of securing asepsis are entered under [Surgery, Aseptic and antiseptic.]
Used for
- Operative surgery
- Surgery--Technique
- Surgical techniques
Examples
Notes under [Operations, Surgical; Surgery, Aseptic and antiseptic]
Editorial Notes
subdivision [Surgery] under names of organs and regions of the body and under names of diseases, e.g. [Heart--Surgery; Foot--Surgery; Cancer--Surgery]
Broader groupings: