He points to the effectiveness of regional centers for major procedures.
It's a far more major procedure than it appears on the surface.
In the major procedure, Johnson had his left shoulder stabilized.
Pancreaticoduodenectomy is considered, by any standard, to be a major surgical procedure.
In some social sets, it is a simple fact of life that one will have some major procedure every year.
He'd done a major procedure that morning, but he made time for his friend.
This does mean, though, that some patients have to travel up to 100 miles for major procedures.
For patients who undergo major procedures, rehabilitation is a longer process.
On the other hand, surgery is a major procedure that has its own risks and complications.
The women, thinking of them as a beauty treatment, were not prepared for major surgical procedures.