unnecessary surgery

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandsurgery

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unnecessary
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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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 ofunnecessaryandsurgeryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, appropriateness is indirectly linked to the concept ofunnecessarysurgery.
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The review process identified several related terms and concepts, such as small-area variation, medical necessity, crucial or necessary services andunnecessarysurgery.
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Physicians should not be in the business of promoting medicallyunnecessarysurgeryon normal individuals.
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This procedure can greatly influence the surgical plan, potentially reducingunnecessarysurgery, and can be used to remove the multiple extra-uterine lesions that are characteristic of endometriosis.
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We should also inquire into the possibility of using alternative therapies instead of performing theunnecessarysurgerythat seems so often to take place.
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The independent inquiry panel investigated in depth the circumstances of two cases in which women underwentunnecessarysurgeryfor cancer.
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Action should be taken to prevent situations whereby women and indeed men are coerced intounnecessarysurgerywhich may involve particular risks.
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Why do surgeons carry outunnecessarysurgery?
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An enormous amount ofunnecessarysurgeryis done—so much so that one gynaxologist says that it now costs him 2,000 dollars a year to insure against litigation.
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The cost to the patient and the baby forunnecessarysurgerymay be substantial.
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This ability to suppress premature labor may overcome around 70 percent of sub partu complications, avoidingunnecessarysurgery.
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Some scams involve double-billing by doctors who charge insurers for treatments that never occurred, and surgeons who performunnecessarysurgery.
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He is an insane physician and an architect of some renown during the early 20th century with a penchant for performing macabre and unnecessary surgeries.
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