Health Care → Surgery
Description
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions, to alter bodily functions, to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance, or to remove unwanted tissues or foreign bodies.
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Organizations relating to Surgery
International Board of Cosmetic Surgery / Wimpole, UK / Est. 2003
Fédération Internationale Francophone de Coelio-Chirurgie / Lausanne, Switzerland / Est. 2005
European Society of Aesthetic Surgery / Wimpole, UK
Latin American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery / Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Nordic Transplant Committee / Aarhus, Denmark
International Academy of Cosmetic Surgery / Est. 1970
International Society of Sympathetic Surgery / Haifa, Israel / Est. 2001
Federación Latinoamericana de Cirurgia / Coyoacan, Mexico / Est. 1973
European Association of Plastic Surgeons / Rome, Italy / Est. 1989
European Surgical Association / Paris, France / Est. 1993
Baltic Association of Surgeons / Tallinn, Estonia
European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery / Est. 1997
ASEAN Federation of Plastic Surgeons / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Est. 1982
International Society for Plastination / Toledo OH, USA / Est. 1986
Asociación Iberoamericana de Cirugia Pediatrica / Est. 1966
International Federation for Artificial Organs / Lafayette IN, USA / Est. 1977
International Society for Simulation Surgery / Est. 1992
Caribbean College of Surgeons / St James, Barbados / Est. 2001
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society / Northbrook IL, USA / Est. 2002
European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery / Cluj-Napoca, Romania / Est. 1990
Federación de Sociedades de Cirurgia Pediatrica del Cono sur de América / Montevideo, Uruguay / Est. 1993
Balkan Academy of Cosmetic Surgery / Sofia, Bulgaria
Federación Ibero-Latinoamericana de Cirugia Plastica / Panama, Panama / Est. 1974
World Association of Lebanese Neurosurgeons / Philadelphia PA, USA / Est. 1993
European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery / Est. 1996
International Federation of Facial Plastic Surgery Societies / Alexandria VA, USA / Est. 1998
Oriental Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Pasig City, Philippines / Est. 1988
Asian Society of Veterinary Surgery / Yamaguchi, Japan / Est. 2011
Asian Society of Cryosurgery / Guangzhou, China / Est. 2011
Rhinoplasty Society of Europe / Lengede, Germany / Est. 2011
European Society of Craniofacial Surgery / Rotterdam, Netherlands / Est. 1984
European Workshop of Advanced Plastic Surgery / Kassel, Germany / Est. 1986
Asian periOpeRative Nurses Association
Asia-Pacific Society for Artificial Organs / Tokyo, Japan / Est. 2013
Baltic Association of Paediatric Surgeons / Riga, Latvia / Est. 1992
Arab College of Neurosurgery
Asian Epilepsy Surgery Society / Delhi, India
European Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Institute of Accreditation / Cambridge, UK / Est. 2003
Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1960
South American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Est. 1998
College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa / Arusha, Tanzania UR
Eurotransplant International Foundation / Leiden, Netherlands / Est. 1969
International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Foundation / Est. 1993
Europdonor Foundation / Leiden, Netherlands / Est. 1988
Association of University Surgeons of Asia
Conférence internationale des doyens des facultés de chirurgie dentaire d'expression totalement ou partiellement française / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1992
International Pediatric Endosurgery Group / Los Angeles CA, USA
Groupe francophone de Réhabilitation Améliorée après Chirurgie / Est. 2014
International Children's Heart Foundation / Memphis TN, USA / Est. 1994
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons / Melbourne VIC, Australia / Est. 1928
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World Problems relating to Surgery
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialInhaling of solvents and anaesthetic drugs
Unnecessary gynaecological surgery
Denial of the right to medical consent
Hazardous medical use of silicon gel
Inadequate emergency blood supplies
Malpractice in plastic surgery
Inhumane experimental surgery on animals
Surgical mistakes
Lack of human organs for transplantation
Unsafe blood-related products
Abusive psychosurgery
Mutilation of domestic animals
Unnecessary surgery
Irresponsible genetic manipulation
Accidental poisoning by analgesics
Unnecessary cosmetic surgery
Punitive amputations
Haemolytic disease of the newborn
Fear of blood
Medical complications
Action Strategies relating to Surgery
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialPromoting voluntary surgical contraception
Living with complications of surgery
Campaigning against childhood genital mutilation
Providing prostheses to mine-injured amputees
Conducting autopsy
Using biomaterials
Developing artificial organs
Anaesthetizing
Regulating surgical profession
Introducing new surgical techniques
Evaluating surgical procedures
Using cosmetic surgery on pet animals
Interchanging neurosurgical knowledge
Standardizing surgical care
Training cataract surgeons
Educating digestive surgeons
Advancing paediatric surgery
Developing plastic surgery
Advancing anaesthesiology
Disseminating surgical knowledge
Networking enterostomal nurses
Training anaesthesiologists
Improving standards of surgery
Creating national blood transfusion policies
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