ADVERSE EVENTS

Surgery

Patient term description

Also called a 'surgical procedure' or 'operation'. The act of performing surgery, generally considered to involve cutting of a person's skin or closing a wound.

Related clinician terms

Breast surgery

MedDRA preferred term: BREAST OPERATION

MedDRA high-level group term: Breast therapeutic procedures

Surgical procedure

MedDRA preferred term: SURGERY

MedDRA high-level group term: Therapeutic procedures and supportive care NEC

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What is an adverse event?

An adverse event could be any unwanted symptom we might have after starting a treatment, but it might or might not be caused directly by the treatment