appendix removal {appendectomy}|.
Scraping uterus wall, under anesthesia, can remove embryo {dilatation and curettage}| (D & C).
cerebral-hemisphere, white-matter, and basal-ganglia removal {hemispherectomy} {hemicerebrectomy}.
Laser vision correction or refractive surgery {laser surgery for eye} can be laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or photo refractive keratotomy (PRK).
Removing small frontal-lobe regions {leucotomy} can cure depression.
brain-lobe removal {lobotomy}.
breast removal {mastectomy}|.
Plastic surgery {rhinoplasty}| can be on nose.
tonsil removal {tonsillectomy}|.
Surgical procedures {tracheotomy}| can cut through neck and into trachea, to allow breathing.
Surgical procedures {trephining} can make skull holes.
Cutting and tying fallopian tubes {tubal ligation}| prevents eggs from entering uterus.
Cutting and tying vas deferens {vasectomy}| prevents sperm from leaving testis.
4-Medicine-Medical Treatments-Surgery
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