routine surgery

collocation in English

meaningsofroutineandsurgery

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routine
adjective
uk
/ruːˈtiːn/us
/ruːˈtiːn/
done as part of what usually happens, and not for any ...
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surgery
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us
/ˈsɝː.dʒər.i/
the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the ...
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(Definition ofroutineandsurgeryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although in its present form the system is quite reasonable for mostroutinesurgery, it is far from perfect.
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For patients awaitingroutinesurgery, there has been a huge reduction in overall waiting time.
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The possibility of much earlier discharge afterroutinesurgeryshould be much more seriously considered.
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Noroutinesurgeryof any sort is carried out in that hospital.
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Routinesurgery, treatment and investigations are already being cancelled or slowed down.
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She was suffering from a common ear complaint that requiredroutinesurgery.
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In any case, why shouldroutinesurgeryhave to be cancelled?
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Shortly after the adoption, his wife died followingroutinesurgery.
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Even now it is admitting fewer than half the patients forroutinesurgerythat it would normally admit.
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We have heard recent examples of hospitals cancellingroutinesurgerybecause of a lack of confidence in their sterilisation equipment.
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Emergency surgery, and some simpleroutinesurgery, is within the capabilities of existing medical staff and facilities on the island.
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Has no one told him that some hospitals will not carry out anyroutinesurgeryfor the rest of the financial year?
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At the time the samples were taken, duringroutinesurgery, there had been no intention of subjecting them to further analysis.
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Another general issue is how many intensive care beds should be used forroutinesurgery, and how many earmarked for emergency.
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Red cells, for example, which are used inroutinesurgery, last only 35 days, and platelets, which are needed by patients undergoing cancer therapy, only five days.
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The reducing ofroutinesurgeryfollows a period when the hospital was on red alert, which meant that no routine cold surgery would be carried out.
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Nadine explains the two decided to become nurses after their father died on the operating table during aroutinesurgery.
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Most general practice veterinarians performroutinesurgeryneuters (spay and castration), minor mass excisions, etc., some also perform additional procedures.
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That is of crucial importance when, as my noble friend pointed out, throughout the country hospitals are being forced to curtail admissions forroutinesurgerydue to lack of money.
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He remained an active publisher for the remaining nine years of his life before dying in hospital following what appeared to beroutinesurgery.
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