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CSP: branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by manual and instrumental means.,NCI: A procedure to remove or repair a part of the body or to find out whether disease is present. An operation.,MSH: Operations carried out for the correction of deformities and defects, repair of injuries, and diagnosis and cure of certain diseases. (Taber, 18th ed.),MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Every year more than 15 million people in the U.S. have surgery. There are many reasons to have surgery. Some operations can relieve or prevent pain. Others can reduce a symptom of a problem or improve some body function. Some surgeries are done to find a problem. For example, a surgeon may do a biopsy, which involves removing a piece of tissue to examine under a microscope. Some surgeries, like <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartsurgery.html'>heart surgery</a>, can save your life.</p><p>In recent years there have been many advances in surgery. Not long ago, all surgeries involved cutting with a
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