operating table
Example Sentences
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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
But behind the scenes, these firms often have undisclosed agreements with clinics - taking a cut from every applicant they send to the operating table.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
When people want to get taller, they wind up on Dr. Kevin Debiparshad’s operating table for leg-lengthening surgery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
In a haunting approach, the parents tiptoed toward an eerily lifelike replica of their child’s body and carefully transferred the silicone doppelgänger to an operating table.
From New York Times • May 24, 2024
Soon, with Gey anesthetized on the operating table, surgeons opened him up and found that the cancer was inoperable —growths covered his stomach, spleen, liver, and intestines.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
