WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
DEFINE: Emergent surgery
surgery without delay
DEFINE: Urgent surgery
surgery within 24hrs
DEFINE: Elective surgery
personal preference
DEFINE: Required surgery
surgery needed within weeks/months
DEFINE: Optional surgery
can wait - no surgery no catastrophe
DEFINE: Anastomosis
two organs or spaces surgically joined together
DEFINE: Fistula
passage containing abscess or cavity to body surface
DEFINE: Prophylaxis
intervention used to prevent harm
DEFINE: Intubation
insertion of tube to internal/external orifice for passageway of air or fluid drainage
DEFINE: Extubation