operating room

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The most powerful treatment is not found in a prescription bottle or an operating room.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

“We had a colloquial term in the operating room: December Deductible Derby,” said Dr. Parcells, noting that patients seeking insurance-covered surgeries like breast augmentations have deductibles in mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

While a torn ACL typically sends athletes straight to the operating room, Vonn said surgery was not a discussion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

"My love has just gone to the operating room," Bolsonaro's wife Michelle said in an Instagram post.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Then I came out and stood in the empty hall and watched the door of the operating room.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway