operating table

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Unable to see what was happening from the operating table, Lauryn says: "I have moments of remembering things. A lot is a blur."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

It is warehousing usable items, from file cabinets to the operating table in the surgical theater, and will distribute them to nonprofits primarily in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

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

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

There was the same operating table, the same glass syringes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee