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Friday, March 4, 2005

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Minor Surgery

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"Minor Surgery" is a term used by doctors to describe a subset of procedures that are less technically demanding or challenging for the surgeon who performs them. This term is the logical equivalent of a lawyer talking about a personal injury client as the "legs off" case.

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William's Whimsical Words:

Minor surgery is performed by someone you don't know on someone you have never heard of.

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