ADJ
- major, radical
- minor
- extensive
- further
- successful, unsuccessful
- keyhole, laser
- invasive
- One of his specialities is minimally invasive surgery
- elective, emergency, experimental, exploratory, remedial
- They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery
- cosmetic, plastic
- general
- abdominal, brain, bypass, cardiac, gastric, heart, knee, open-heart, orthopaedic, paediatric
VERB + SURGERY
- have, undergo
- She had minor surgery on her knee
- perform
- He has been performing heart surgery for ten years
- need, require
PREP
- after/before/during ~
- She felt weak for six months after undergoing major abdominal surgery
- ~ for
- emergency surgery for a twisted gut
- ~ to
- After the accident, she needed extensive plastic surgery to her face
ADJ
- open
- afternoon, evening, morning
- dental, doctor's, GP's, veterinary
VERB + SURGERY
- do, have, hold
- I'll do morning surgery, if you like. We only have a morning surgery. He holds surgery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m
- attend, go to
- those attending the doctor's surgery with physical symptoms I'll have to go to the surgery to pick up the prescription
PREP
- in a/the ~
- Dr Smith isn't in the surgery today
