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* Possibly subverted on ''[[Lost]]''. Jack insists on being awake so he can talk Juliet through performing an appendectomy on him, but after she begins they decide to knock him out as he's in too much pain.

* This seems to be the only kind of medical attention the boys of ''[[Supernatural]]'' ever receive.

* Happens semi-regularly on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Perhaps one of the most unpleasant examples came when House discovered he had several small tumours in his leg, and was forced to cut his leg open to remove them.