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i have done surgery vs i had done surgery

Both sentences are grammatically correct. 'I have done surgery' refers to a recent action that has an impact on the present, while 'I had done surgery' refers to a past action that was completed before another past action.

Explained by Michele A.
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Last updated: October 17, 2024 • 13482 views

i have done surgery

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about a recent action that has an impact on the present.

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker has performed surgery at some point in the past, and this action is relevant to the present moment.

Examples:

I have done surgery on many patients in my career.
She has done surgery on a variety of medical cases.
Have you ever done surgery before?
He has done surgery on some of the most complex cases.
The doctor has done surgery on several occasions.

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I am hemorrhoid sufferer myself too and I have done surgery before to get rid of my external hemorrhoids but the problem is my hemroids come back again :( and ...
... than anything else in medicine, except fordelivering babies. I believe in this surgery. I have done surgery on closefriends and many other physicians." ...
My cancer came back at 11 years! I wonder if I should have stayed on that pill . Nevertheless, I have done surgery chemo and soon radiation and all is going well.
Jun 17, 2006 ... I havent had any problems with this and I have done surgery as soon as 2 weeks after biopsy. I would appreciate urologist or patient comments ...

Alternatives:

I performed surgery
I conducted surgery
I carried out surgery
I undertook surgery
I executed surgery

i had done surgery

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about a past action that was completed before another past action.

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker had performed surgery at a specific point in the past, usually before another event or time reference in the past.

Examples:

I had done surgery before I became a specialist.
She had done surgery on several patients by the time she retired.
Had you done surgery on a patient with that condition before?
He had done surgery on many cases before he retired.
The doctor had done surgery on numerous occasions in his career.

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She is only 24 and has had no children but had suffered with ptosis after significant weight loss from several years before. I had done surgery on her mom 2 days ...
She is only 24 and has had no children but had suffered with ptosis after significant weight loss from several years before. I had done surgery on her mom 2 days ...
Two in particular stood out in my mind; they were seated quite close to the front, and I had done surgery on both for cancer. The first was a very sweet lady about ...
May 25, 2014 ... I had done surgery to replace a detached retina in France a few months before my father died and from what I saw at the French hospital, ...

Alternatives:

I had performed surgery
I had conducted surgery
I had carried out surgery
I had undertaken surgery
I had executed surgery

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