operating table
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Some desks were buried under stacks of paper, others were as sterile as a surgeon’s operating table.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
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
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
After his surgery, John said he could notice an improvement as soon as he woke up after spending 10 hours on the operating table.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Once the doctors had him on the operating table and opened him up, they saw that he had cancer.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
