The phrase "a brief procedure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short or concise set of steps or instructions to accomplish a task.
Example: "Before we begin the experiment, please review the brief procedure outlined in the manual."
Alternatives: "a short process" or "a concise method".
It is similar to the tube placed on the left side in a brief procedure Sunday.
MINE THAT BIRD DOING WELL The Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird came out of a brief procedure to correct a breathing problem Tuesday morning in fine shape, and is on track to compete in the Travers Stakes.
Dr. Richard A. Keller, the chief dermatologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, used liquid nitrogen to remove the lesions during a brief procedure in the White House physician's office in the Executive Mansion.
Diagnostic gynaecological laparoscopy (DGL) is a brief procedure, generally performed on an outpatient basis.
Tooth extraction was a painful but brief procedure.
Instead, the brief procedure turned into a three-hour surgery.
In a brief, outpatient procedure, a corneal specialist implants the mini-telescope in one eye in place of its natural lens.
A book-jacket designer for Random House, Mr. Amsterdam, 35, was ordained by the Universal Life Church, which sent his free ordination certificate by e-mail after a brief online procedure.
My teen-age son was spared high-risk aortic surgery a couple of years ago by a brief stent procedure that didn't exist when he was born.
The massage group had a brief effleurage procedure delivered at localized regions of the spine believed to be exhibiting signs of subluxation.
We also used a laser microdissection device (LMD) to quickly ablate the apical and basal cells, respectively, and, after a brief washing procedure, individual apical or basal cells were collected (Figure 1D F).
