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Grades of complexity of surgery (classification according to NICE)

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Surgery Grades:

Surgery Grades

Examples

Minor

  • excising skin lesion
  • draining breast abscess

 

Intermediate

  • primary repair of inguinal hernia
  • excising varicose veins in the leg
  • tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy
  • knee arthroscopy

Major or Complex

  • total abdominal hysterectomy
  • endoscopic resection of prostate
  • lumbar discectomy
  • thyroidectomy
  • total joint replacement
  • lung operations
  • colonic resection
  • radical neck dissection

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