elective surgery

基本解釋

Elective surgery is surgery on patients who don't even have any neuropathy or any history of any open wounds.
選擇性外科手術(shù)是指對(duì)甚至沒(méi)有神經(jīng)病變及任何開(kāi)放性創(chuàng)傷史的患者進(jìn)行的手術(shù)。
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"However, our results showed that serious complications were rare and that the timing of elective surgery did not influence the outcome, " Bashour said.
不過(guò)，我們的研究結(jié)果表明，嚴(yán)重并發(fā)癥很少發(fā)生，擇期手術(shù)的時(shí)機(jī)并不影響結(jié)果。
An editorial in the The New England Journal of Medicine recommends that patients provide informed, written consent to undergo elective surgery by physicians who haven't had enough sleep.
《新英格蘭醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》的編輯部評(píng)論文章建議病人在知，并做出書(shū)面同意后，才能選擇那些睡眠不足的醫(yī)生給自己做手術(shù)。

This epidemic of uncertain care is an unintended outgrowth of a decades-long boom in elective surgery.
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In 2001, patients requiring elective surgery could wait as long as 18 months for an operation.
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They also want to establish dedicated elective surgery centres, which, they suggest, private companies could run.
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