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Surgery needed when any delay jeopardizes the patient's life or limb
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Emergency Surgery
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Fracture repair
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Urgent surgery
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Surgery needd within 24 - 30 hours
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urgent surgery
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surgery planned and scheduled without immedieate time constraints
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elective surgery
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surgery done at request of patient
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optional surgery
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infected gallbladder
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urgent surgery
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The three surgical phases are referred to collectively by the word__________
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Perioperative
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the period when an anesthetic if first given until full anesthesia is reached
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Induction
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dehiscence
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the sudden bursting open of a wound's edges that may be preceded by an inccrease in serosanguineous drainage
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_________ causes a loss of sensation and allows the surgical procedure to be done safely
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general anesthesia
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occurs from hypoventilation or mucus obstruction that prevents some alveoli from opening and being fully ventilated.
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atelectasis
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the viscera spilling out of the abdomen
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evisceration
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