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a medical professional who performs operations that involve cutting into someone's body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased parts
a brain surgeon She worked as a surgeon for twenty years.
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The technology is built into a device that can identify residual brain tumor in as little as 10 seconds, helping surgeons remove more cancer and potentially save lives.
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Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Carty frequently teaches the method to other surgeons, sometimes even by Zoom.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
To this day, surgeons performing amputations too often have little sense of what happens to a patient in the years after recovery.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
This innovation allowed surgeons to pinpoint hand motor and sensory brain regions rapidly.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Hair Transplant Turkey – Istanbul, Turkey Hair Transplant Turkey is renowned for its skilled surgeons and advanced hair restoration techniques.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Medica Istanbul – Istanbul, Turkey Medica Istanbul is known for its state-of-the-art technology and skilled surgeons.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
In cases of severe fractures or defects caused by tumors, surgeons will often implant bone grafts to act as a kind of temporary scaffolding to guide the bone toward repair.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
Why would a hospital want to start an inquiry on one of its top revenue-generating surgeons?
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Carty frequently teaches the method to other surgeons, sometimes even by Zoom.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
To this day, surgeons performing amputations too often have little sense of what happens to a patient in the years after recovery.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
This innovation allowed surgeons to pinpoint hand motor and sensory brain regions rapidly.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Hair Transplant Turkey – Istanbul, Turkey Hair Transplant Turkey is renowned for its skilled surgeons and advanced hair restoration techniques.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Medica Istanbul – Istanbul, Turkey Medica Istanbul is known for its state-of-the-art technology and skilled surgeons.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
In cases of severe fractures or defects caused by tumors, surgeons will often implant bone grafts to act as a kind of temporary scaffolding to guide the bone toward repair.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
Why would a hospital want to start an inquiry on one of its top revenue-generating surgeons?
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Surgeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeons. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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