Exploratory surgery is a medical procedure performed by a surgeon which is intended to discover a health problem. This is generally done only when non-surgical means are unable to determine the cause of a problem.

In 2371, Quark asked Doctor Julian Bashir to perform exploratory surgery on Grand Nagus Zek in order to determine the cause of his unusually generous behavior, which was later found to be caused by the Bajoran Prophets. He did so after Bashir's use of various medical equipment was unable to find anything wrong with him. Bashir refused to do so, believing it to be unneccesary. (DS9: "Prophet Motive")

External linkEdit

• Exploratory surgery at Wikipedia