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WO Surgery
	Note form numbers used also under Anesthesia WO 201-233.1.
	WO 1-102 Reference Works. General Works
	WO 113-149 Antisepsis. Diseases. Diagnosis. Shock
	WO 162-176 Surgical Equipment. Artificial Organs
	WO 178-198 Principles of Care. Procedures
	WO 200-460 Anesthesia
	WO 200-233.1 Anesthesia Reference Works
	WO 234-250 Preanesthetic Treatment. Equipment. Accidents
	WO 275-297 General Anesthesia
	WO 300-375 Conduction Anesthesia. Hypothermia. Diagnosis. Therapeutics
	WO 440-460 In Medical Specialties
	WO 500-517 Operative Surgical Procedures. Techniques
	WO 600-640 Plastic Surgery. Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
	WO 660-690 Transplantation
	WO 700-820 Traumatic Injuries
	WO 925-950 Special Age Groups
	Reference Works. General Works

WO 1	Societies (Cutter from name of society) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
	Collected works (General)
WO 5	By authors
WO 7	By individual authors

WO 9	Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

WO 11	History (Table G)
WO 11.1	General coverage (Not Table G)

WO 13	Dictionaries. Encyclopedias (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 15	Classification. Terminology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 16	Tables. Statistics. Case reports (General) (Used for both monographs and serials)

[WO 17]	[This number not used]
	Classify atlases in WO 517.

WO 18	Education
	Classify here works about education.

WO 18.2	Educational materials (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WO 19	Schools, departments, and faculties of surgery (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 20	Research (General)
	Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject. Cf. WO 50 Experimental surgery.

WO 21	Surgery as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WO 22	Directories (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 22.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Laboratories, research institutes, organ banks, etc.
WO 23	Collective
WO 24	Individual (Cutter from name of institution)
	Classify works on eye banks in WW 23-24.

[WO 25]	[This number not used]
	Classify laboratory manuals in WO 500-512, etc.

[WO 26]	[This number not used]
	Classify material on surgical instruments and equipment in WO 162; on instruments and equipment used in anesthesia in WO 240; catalogs in W 26.
	Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc.
WO 27	Collective (Table G)
WO 27.1	General coverage (Not Table G)
WO 28	Individual (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table G)
	Museums, exhibitions, etc.
WO 28.5	Collective
WO 28.6	Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

WO 32	Laws (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 32.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 33	Discussion of law (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 33.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)

[WO 34]	[This number not used]
	Classify malpractice in WO 33; WO 33.1.

WO 39	Handbooks. Resource guides (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 50	Experimental surgery (General)
	Classify works on experimental work in a particular area by subject. Classify works about research in WO 20.

WO 62	Social relations of the surgeon (including relations with patients, relations with public, clubs, societies, etc.). Attitude

WO 64	Referral and consultation (General)

WO 75	Popular works (General)

WO 100	General works
	Classify here general works on the specialty or on the specialty and procedures. Classify general works on procedures alone in WO 500. For specific surgical procedures, classify under the specific procedure term. Cf. WF 980 Thoracic surgical procedures; WI 900 Digestive system surgical procedures, etc.

WO 101	Surgical anatomy

WO 102	Physiology
	Antisepsis. Diseases. Diagnosis. Shock

WO 113	Antisepsis. Sterilization. Asepsis

WO 140	Surgical diseases (General)
	Classify here works that discuss diagnosis, prognosis, treatment. Classify works limited to pathology in WO 142 below.

WO 141	Surgical examination. Surgical diagnosis. Exploratory surgery

WO 142	Surgical pathology
	Classify here works on examination of tissues, organs, frozen section material, or other material removed surgically. Cf. WO 140 Surgical diseases.

WO 149	Surgical shock
	Surgical Equipment. Artificial Organs

WO 162	Surgical equipment, instruments and other supplies
	Classify catalogs in W 26. Cf. WO 240 for equipment used in anesthesia.
WO 166	Sutures. Ligatures. Tissue adhesives
WO 167	Surgical dressing. Bandaging technique. Adhesive plaster
WO 170	Surgical casts

WO 176	Artificial organs
	Classify works on specific organs in the surgery number or lacking that, in the general number for the organ being replaced. Cf. WG 169.5 Artificial heart; WJ 378 Artificial kidney.
	Principles of Care. Procedures

WO 178	Principles of surgical care
WO 179	Preoperative care
WO 181	Intraoperative Care
WO 183	Postoperative care
WO 184	Postoperative complications and treatment
WO 185	Surgical wounds. Surgical wound infection. Wound healing (including healing of non-surgical wounds)
WO 188	Closure of wounds. Drainage

WO 192	Minor surgery. Ambulatory surgery (General)

WO 198	Electrosurgery. Cautery. Laser and electrocoagulation (General)
	Classify works on use in particular fields with the field or the condition.
	Anesthesia Anesthesia Reference Works

WO 200	Surgical anesthesia. Analgesia (General)
	Do not confuse with general anesthesia WO 275.

WO 201	Societies (Cutter from name of society) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
	Collected works (General)
WO 205	By several authors
WO 207	By individual authors

WO 209	Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

WO 211	History (Table G)
WO 211.1	General coverage (Not Table G)

WO 213	Dictionaries. Encyclopedias (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 215	Classification. Terminology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 218	Education
	Classify here works about education.

WO 218.2	Educational materials (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WO 219	Schools, departments, and faculties of anesthesiology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 220	Research (General)
	Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

WO 221	Anesthesiology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WO 222	Directories (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 222.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)

[WO 226]	[This number not used]
	Classify equipment and supplies for anesthesia in WO 240; catalogs in W 26. Cf. WO 162 Surgical equipment.

WO 231	Handbooks. Resource guides (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 232	Laws (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 232.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)

WO 233	Discussion of law (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WO 233.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Preanesthetic Treatment. Equipment. Accidents

WO 234	Preanesthetic medication. Preparation of patient

WO 235	Choice of anesthesia
	Classify works on choice of anesthesia for patients with cardiac problems in WG 460.

WO 240	Equipment and supplies
	Classify catalogs in W 26. Cf. WO 162 Surgical equipment.

WO 245	Accidents. Complications (e.g., Laryngospasm. Cardiac failure. Vomiting)
	Classify works written for the cardiologist in WG 460.
WO 250	Asphyxia. Methods of resuscitation
	Classify here general works on asphyxia and resuscitation. Classify works on first aid in WA 292; on resuscitation of the newborn in WQ 450.
	General Anesthesia

WO 275	General anesthesia
WO 277	Inhalation anesthesia
WO 280	Intratracheal anesthesia. Technique of intubation
WO 285	Intravenous
WO 290	Rectal

[WO 295]	[This number not used]
	Classify basal anesthesia in WO 234.
WO 297	Muscle relaxants and tranquilizing agents in conjunction with anesthesia and analgesia
	Conduction Anesthesia. Hypothermia. Diagnosis. Therapeutics

WO 300	Conduction anesthesia (e.g., Regional anesthesia or local anesthesia)
WO 305	Spinal. Epidural
WO 340	Infiltration and topical

WO 350	Induced hypothermia and related topics

WO 375	Diagnostic and therapeutic anesthetic procedures (e.g., Nerve block)
	In Medical Specialties

WO 440	Pediatric anesthesia

WO 445	Geriatric anesthesia

WO 450	Obstetrical anesthesia

WO 460	Anesthesia in dentistry. Dental hypnosis
	Operative Surgical Procedures. Techniques

WO 500	General works on surgical procedures
	Classify works on specific procedures with the specific term: digestive system surgical procedures in WI 900, thoracic surgical procedures in WF 980, etc. Classify works on surgery as a specialty--or on the specialty and procedures together--in WO 100.

WO 505	Endoscopic surgery. Computer-assisted surgery

WO 510	Cryosurgery

WO 511	Laser therapy

WO 512	Microsurgery

WO 515	Regenerative medicine

WO 517	Atlases. Pictorial works
	Classify all types of surgical atlases in this number, except those relating to a particular body system or part. Classify the latter by system.
	Plastic Surgery. Reconstructive Surgical Procedures

WO 600	General works
	Classify material on plastic surgery of a condition, e.g., burns, with the condition. Classify material on plastic surgery of a region, system or organ with the area covered, e.g., plastic surgery of the nose, in WV 312.

WO 610	Skin transplantation, tube grafts, etc.

WO 640	Prosthesis in plastic surgery
	Cf. WO 176 Artificial organs (General).
	Transplantation

WO 660	General works
	Classify works on specific organs in the surgery number or lacking that, in the general number for the organ being replaced. Classify general works on artificial organs in WO 176.

WO 665	Tissue preservation

WO 680	Immunology
	Classify works on immunosuppressive agents in QW 920.

WO 690	Legal, ethical, and religious aspects
	Classify the text of laws in WO 32.
	Traumatic Injuries

WO 700	General works

WO 704	Burns

WO 800	Military surgery

WO 807	Gunshot wounds
	Classify works on forensic medicine in W 843.

WO 820	Blast injuries
	Special Age Groups

WO 925	Pediatric surgery
	Classify works on pediatric anesthesia in WO 440; on surgery of individual organs in WS 260-360.

WO 950	Geriatric surgery
	Classify works on geriatric anesthesia in WO 445.