The nurse is caring for a patient scheduled for repair of a torn rotator cuff.The nurse understands that this surgery will be classified as:

A) Reconstructive, minor, elective
B) Cosmetic, minor, urgent
C) Ablative, major, emergency,
D) Reconstructive, major, urgent

Reconstructive surgery is performed to restore function.It is minor surgery and can be done on an outpatient basis; it is elective because life is not threatened if the repair is not done (although quality of life may decline).Cosmetic surgery is performed to improve appearance,which does not apply to this surgery; this patient's surgery is not considered an urgent surgery because life is not threatened by the torn rotator cuff.Ablative surgery involves removal of a diseased part (nothing will be removed during this patient's surgery); furthermore,this patient's surgery is not an emergency,and it is not major surgery (which involves essential body organs).Although this surgery is reconstructive,it is not a surgery that needs to be urgently performed,and it is not major surgery because it can be performed on an outpatient basis.