Optional Surgery And Optional Surgery

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There are many types of medical procedure. Medical procedure is basically the act that we have to take in taking care of someone with health problem. However not necessarily people with health problem then they undergo any medical procedure, since there are people that want to improve their physical appearance. Surgery is one of it. Surgery is the art and science of treating disease, injury, and deformities by operation and instrument (Neil, 2014). Society believe that surgery are the only way to cure some disease or illness. Research made by the Mayo Clinic Staff show that “only through operation to repair or remove the cancer along with some surrounding healthy tissue to ensure that all of the cancer is removed”. For example, in breast cancer …show more content…

Unlike the elective which is compulsory to undergo surgery when both parties agree, optional surgery is the surgery whereby the patients or the clients are given the choice whether to undergo the surgery or not. Basically, optional surgery is only applied for the illness which is not life threatening but disturbing the activity daily living. So, the clients can decide whether to undergo the surgery for the better or worse or not. However since not all clients are capable of paying to undergo surgery, some are rather waiting for the illness to cure by time. For example, hip replacement surgery which is good if you undergo it but not necessarily. Optional surgery are mostly for cosmetic benefit, such as removal of warts and other non-malignant growths on the skin, blemishes of the skin, and certain cases of varicose veins. It is not necessarily illness or disease then undergo optional surgery, if the clients want to improve his or her appearance they can apply to undergo optional surgery. Optional surgery also includes with various kind of plastic surgery undertaken for cosmetic effect. Among the popular types of plastic surgery are operations to reduce or enlarge the shape of the female breast, reshape the nose, correct protruding ears, removal of bags under the eyes and decrease facial wrinkle. For example cosmetic surgery such as rhinoplasty, clients undergo surgery to reshape the …show more content…

In urgent surgery client are usually need prompt action to undergo surgery as correction for life-threatening. Urgent surgery required within less than 48 hours examples Kidney stone, stomach obstruction or ulcer, bleeding hemorrhoids and ectopic pregnancy (“urgent surgery”, 2015). This give surgeon and other medical personnel to investigate about the problem, evaluate blood test and other diagnosis. For example a person who involve in automobile accident and suffering a minor bone fracture but conscious, surgeon and other medical personnel have time to study how the procedure of operation and caution that they should aware. Another example of urgent surgery is stone kidney, inflamed gallbladder or cancer of vital

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