Topical local anesthesia is used for very minor procedures on the surface of the skin.

The operation, even though sometimes done through a laparoscope, is hardly a minor procedure.

A number of minor procedures may be performed if symptoms are severe or do not improve with conservative management.

Having blood taken, like many other minor medical procedures, is much worse in prospect than in practice.

His idea of a good plan was for me to go on a 10-hour fast, and then come into the hospital for a "minor procedure."

Some will argue that defendants are better off with a choice between prison and a minor surgical procedure.

I try to reassure him: "This is a minor procedure.

It also requires a minor surgical procedure to insert and remove.

There are 39 major operation theatres and a further 18 facilities for minor procedures.

Weeks earlier, she had a tonsillectomy, a minor though uncomfortable procedure by any standards.