Surgery to repair body parts, especially involving the transfer of tissue. / Cosmetic surgery for appearance.

laparoscopy

Surgery (and related medical treatment) to improve appearance rather than for health reasons.

Synonym of telesurgery

Breast augmentation. / (bilateral) Mastectomy.

(LGBT, surgery) Sex reassignment surgery performed on the reproductive organs, particularly the genitals.

A medical fraud in which a practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery with his/her bare hands, using fake blood and other trickery.

(surgery) An articular cartilage repair surgical technique that works by creating tiny fractures in the underlying bone.

A sequential chain of organ transplants where each recipient donates another organ to another person in exchange for the one that they have received.

(surgery) A surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland and certain diseases of the skin.