operating table

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Unable to see what was happening from the operating table, Lauryn says: "I have moments of remembering things. A lot is a blur."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The procedure they thought would spare them a complicated surgery leads some to the operating table anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Among the goods that Fried said are shipped in cargo holds are harvested lungs that need to be delivered to an operating table, temperature-sensitive and radiological pharmaceuticals and parts needed for assembly lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Ms Bacon was given a local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull and had immediate improvement in her fingers on the operating table, allowing her to play the clarinet easily.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

And next thing I knew, I was right next to him at the operating table.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom