surgery #

The concept we in STRONG AYA refer to as “surgery” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C15329.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Surgical Procedure” and is defined as “A diagnostic or treatment procedure performed by manual and/or instrumental means, often involving an incision and the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue; of or relating to or involving or used in surgery or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery.”

surgery values #

In STRONG AYA, this concept is recorded as “no”, “yes” and “missing_or_unspecified”.

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “no” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C49487.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “No” and is defined as “The non-affirmative response to a question.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “yes” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C49488.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Yes” and is defined as “The affirmative response to a question.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “missing_or_unspecified” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C54031.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Missing” and is defined as “Not existing; not able to be found.”