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2. Surgeon's assistant - Wikipedia

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   An assistant surgeon, also known as a surgical assistant, surgeon's assistant, assistant in surgery or first assistant, is a healthcare professional who provides direct manual and/or instrumental assistance to meet the in-procedure demands of a surgeon during a surgical operation.

3. Surgical technologist - Wikipedia

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   A surgical technologist, also called a scrub, scrub tech, surgical technician, or operating department practitioner or operating room technician, is an allied health professional working as a part of the team delivering surgical care. Surgical technologists are members of the surgical team. [1] The members of the team include the surgeon ...

4. Robot-assisted surgery - Wikipedia

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   Robotically assisted surgery was developed to try to overcome the limitations of pre-existing minimally-invasive surgical procedures and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery. In the case of robotically assisted minimally-invasive surgery, instead of the surgeon directly moving the instruments, the surgeon uses one of ...

5. List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

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   ACEP. American College of Emergency Physicians. ACMPH. American College of Military Public Health. ACGME. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. ACOG. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACP.

6. Surgery - Wikipedia

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   The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments, surgical facility or surgical nurse. Most surgical procedures are performed by a pair of operators: a surgeon who is the main operator performing the surgery, and a surgical assistant who provides in-procedure manual assistance during surgery.

7. Surgeon General of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The only surgeon general to actually hold the rank of a four-star admiral was David Satcher (born 1941, served 1998–2002). This was because he served simultaneously in the positions of surgeon general (three-star) and assistant secretary for health (which is a four-star office).