Datascreame Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason. An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply surgery. In this context, the verb operating means performing surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse. The patient or subject on which the surgery is performed can be a person or an animal. A surgeon is a person who performs operations on patients. Persons described as surgeons are commonly medical practitioners, but the term is also applied to physicians, podiatric physicians, dentists and veterinarians. Surgery can last from minutes to hours, but is typically not an ongoing or periodic type of treatment. The term surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian.

Surgery is a medical technology consisting of a physical intervention on tissues. As a general rule, a procedure is considered surgical when it involves cutting of a patient's tissues or closure of a previously sustained wound. Other procedures that do not necessarily fall under this rubric, such as angioplasty or endoscopy, may be considered surgery if they involve "common" surgical procedure or settings, such as use of a sterile environment, anesthesia, antiseptic conditions, typical surgical instruments, and suturing or stapling. All forms of surgery are considered invasive procedures; so-called "noninvasive surgery" usually refers to an excision that does not penetrate the structure being excised or to a radiosurgical procedure

Safety First: Choosing the Physician Who Is Right For You

You wouldn’t choose a podiatrist to perform open-heart surgery on you, or your loved ones! Yet, there are thousands of patients who choose the wrong person, often not even a physician, to perform their cosmetic surgery. The horror stories are abundant. There are documented breast augmentations performed in someone’s home, even in garages, with predictably disastrous results. Some patients travel outside of the United States for cut-rate procedures, lured by the false promise of being pampered in an exotic locale. These patients suffer – not only predictable unsatisfactory results -- but also painful and unnecessary side effects. In many cases, they then suffer the agonies of having these mistakes fixed by the qualified physician who they should have consulted from the beginning.

Yet, there is another segment of patients who feel safe in choosing any “qualified” physician. Some states allow any licensed physician to perform his or her choice of cosmetic surgeries, whatever their training. In other states, there are even dental surgeons lobbying to be licensed to perform cosmetic surgery. The assumption that all physicians are qualified to perform cosmetic surgery safely couldn’t be further from the truth.

The only physician you should consider is one who has been certified by the India Board of Plastic Surgery. Why you should choose a doctor certified by the India Board of Plastic Surgery. The India Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) is one of 24 boards recognized by the India Board of Medical Specialties, and it is the only one that certifies physicians in the full spectrum of plastic surgery, including all cosmetic surgeries.

When you choose an ABPS certified physician (www.abplsurg.org), you are guaranteed the services of a specialist who has endured the most rigorous training. This includes graduation from an accredited medical school, five to seven years of internship and residency, including three to five years of training in general surgery and two years of training in plastic surgery. The physician must also complete demanding written and oral exams.

When you interview physicians, be certain that they can share legitimate “Before and After” photographs of their work. Discern your comfort level with this physician, and whether all of your questions are willingly addressed. Also importantly, consider the quality of his or her staff, and of the facility where surgeries are performed.

Is a board certified “cosmetic surgeon” the same as a board certified “plastic surgeon”?

Absolutely not! Unlike a fully trained board certified plastic surgeon, many so-called “board certified” cosmetic surgeons have often completed only a brief course in one cosmetic surgery procedure. This does not provide the physician with the depth of knowledge and experience of a plastic surgeon who is certified by the ABPS. That is why The India Board of Medical Specialties does not recognize as legitimate the “board of cosmetic surgery.”