Surgery is categorized into four levels based on its technical difficulty, complexity and risk:
1. Level 1 surgery: various surgeries with simple procedures, low technical difficulty and low risk.
2. Level II surgery: a variety of surgeries with uncomplicated procedures, average technical difficulty, and moderate risk.
3, tertiary surgery: more complex surgical procedures, technical difficulties, the risk of a variety of larger surgery.
4, fourth-level surgery: the surgical process is complex, technical difficulty, the risk of a large degree of a variety of surgical procedures.
Expanded Information
Surgical authority
(a) Lower seniority residents: under the guidance of the supervising physician, can preside over the first level of surgery.
(ii) Senior residents: on the basis of proficiency in level I surgery, they may progressively perform level II surgery under the clinical guidance of a superior physician.
(3) Low seniority attending physician: can preside over the second level of surgery, under the supervision of the superior physician on the spot, gradually carry out the third level of surgery.
(iv) Senior attending physicians: may preside over tertiary surgery.
(e) Low-ranking deputy chief physician: can preside over the third level of surgery, under the supervision of the superior physician on the spot, gradually carry out the fourth level of surgery.
(6) Senior associate chief physician: can preside over the fourth level of surgery, under the supervision of a superior physician or according to the actual situation can preside over the new technology, new project surgery and scientific research project surgery.
(VII) Chief Physician: may preside over level IV surgeries as well as general new technologies, new project surgeries or high-risk scientific research project surgeries approved by the competent authorities.
(viii) For qualification access surgeries, in addition to having to comply with the above provisions, the host of the surgery must also be a person who has been granted access to the corresponding specialized surgeries.
References
Baidu Encyclopedia - Surgical Classification System