when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
Examples of 'elective surgery' in a sentence
elective surgery
One of many simple innovations has been to ringfence beds for elective surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Proposals include delaying elective surgery and reducing the number of hip and knee replacements.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The medical sector holds some promise, both on the pharmaceutical and elective-surgery segments.
Globe and Mail (2003)
They are not allowed to cherry-pick lucrative elective surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Should entirely elective surgery, with all its risks, be mainstream entertainment?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Health tourists seeking cosmetic or elective surgery abroad will be able to buy insurance that will cover them against mishaps.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But surgeons have to do both elective surgery and have an out-of-hours responsibility for emergency surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Elective surgery involves long waiting lists and numerous postponements, and is yet another aspect of healthcare that confounds all the confusing ethereal economic exercises.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Patients who could not get elective surgery within a "reasonable delay" could go to a private clinic and the government would foot the bill.