Dr. Burnham glanced up from his anesthesia chart, then stood to look over the ether screen at the operative site.

All the busy surgeon sees is an operative site - a section of abdomen, for example, where a hernia is to be repaired.

The surgical team first preps the patient's operative site and administers either local or general anesthesia.

The cuff is secured around the limb proximal to the operative site.

Gingerly she felt the bandage over the operative site.

Some that can occur could be bleeding into the operative site, requiring another operation to control the bleeding.

Also, additional aneurysms developed near the operative site in the aorta.

After a careful check Mannerheim was satisfied the operative site was dry.

If she's bleeding into the operative site, then we have to open her up.

They described prepping the operative site, proscribing anything by mouth after midnight, and various routine laboratory studies.