MeSH definition : SURGICAL PROCEDURES performed on two or more patients that overlap in their start
and finish times, but the critical portions or those activities which require the
skill and expertise of the primary surgeon do not overlap. The primary surgeon initiates
and participates in another operation when the surgeon has completed the critical
portions of the first procedure and is no longer an essential participant in the final
phase of the first operation.;
SURGICAL PROCEDURES performed on two or more patients that overlap in their start
and finish times, but the critical portions or those activities which require the
skill and expertise of the primary surgeon do not overlap. The primary surgeon initiates
and participates in another operation when the surgeon has completed the critical
portions of the first procedure and is no longer an essential participant in the final
phase of the first operation.