Minor Recovery Surgery

A surgical intervention that does not expose a body cavity or that does not ordinarily have the potential to result in impairment of a vital physical or physiological function.

Examples of minor survival surgeries include:

• Cranial burr holes that do not expose dura or brain
• Subcutaneous implants
• Peripheral vessel cannulation (peripheral approach)
• Castration (scrotal or prescrotal approach)
• Oral surgery and tooth extractions not involving bone
• -Oscopies into natural openings that involve biopsy
• Small digit or tail amputation
• Surgical repair of superficial injury