grades of complexity of surgery (classification according to NICE)
Last reviewed 01/2018
Surgery Grades:
| Surgery Grades |
Examples |
| Minor |
- excising skin lesion
- draining breast abscess
|
| Intermediate |
- primary repair of inguinal hernia
- excising varicose veins in the leg
- tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy
- knee arthroscopy
|
| Major or Complex |
- total abdominal hysterectomy
- endoscopic resection of prostate
- lumbar discectomy
- thyroidectomy
- total joint replacement
- lung operations
- colonic resection
- radical neck dissection
|
Reference:
Related pages:
ASA grades
NICE - suggested preoperative tests based on complexity of surgery and ASA classification
