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Collocations for surgery - noun

1. medical treatment

ADJECTIVE

major, radical
minor
extensive
further
successful, unsuccessful
keyhole, laser
invasive
One of his specialities is minimally invasive surgery.
elective, emergency, experimental, exploratory
They discussed whether patients should have to pay for all elective surgery.
day, outpatient (AmE)
cosmetic, plastic, reconstructive
cataract, eye
bypass, cardiac, heart, open-heart
to undergo coronary bypass surgery
abdominal, brain, gastric, orthopaedic/orthopedic, paediatric/pediatric, etc.
elbow, hip, knee, etc.
… replacement
patients recovering from hip replacement surgery
general

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VERB + surgery

get, have, undergo
She had minor surgery on her knee.
She had three surgeries over ten days. (AmE)
do, perform
He has been performing heart surgery for ten years.
need, require
recommend
consider
come off (used about sportspeople)
a left-handed hitter coming off elbow surgery

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PREPOSITION

after surgery, before surgery, during surgery
She felt weak for six months after undergoing major abdominal surgery.
surgery for
emergency surgery for appendicitis
surgery on
She had surgery on her knee.
surgery to
After the accident, she needed extensive plastic surgery to her face.

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2. (BrE) place/time a doctor/dentist sees patients

ADJECTIVE

open
afternoon, evening, morning
dental, doctor's, GP's, veterinary

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VERB + surgery

do, have, hold
I'll do morning surgery, if you like.
She has 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.

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surgery + NOUN

hours

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PREPOSITION

in a/the surgery
Dr Smith isn't in the surgery today.

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