The phrase "a leg operation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a surgical procedure involving the leg.
Example: "After the accident, she had to undergo a leg operation to repair the damage."
Alternatives: "a leg surgery" or "a leg procedure."
Himes testified that he was given twelve hundred dollars to help pay for a leg operation, and that, during his time in jail, Findley visited him and put money in his account at the canteen.
Later, after Mr. Xi became governor of Fujian Province, he sent money to the younger Lü to help with a leg operation; the son flew to Fujian for the procedure.
They keep saying they're going to wheel me around in a buggy with my Laura Ashley cushion if I get tired – I put off having a leg operation to come here.
In a statement to police made in 2005, Mrs Wise said her husband had undergone a leg operation shortly before his death but otherwise he was healthy, neither smoking nor drinking much.
But that was before a series of injuries, two so severe that doctors told him he would never walk again: a botched leg operation that caused nerve damage and a brain injury that kept him from doing even the simplest things, like sitting or eating.
Nerve damage from a botched leg operation left his foot numb and causes excruciating pain even if his leg is touched ever so gently.
But Billy Bald had been pressed into action after his recovery from a recent leg operation, but he was unable to deny the in-form Sons.
ANNES, England — After nearly three years of dishonor and melodrama — a stunning collapse of status, popularity and earning power; a turn as a tabloid luminary; a stint in rehabilitation; a glassy-eyed public apology; leg operations; a divorce; a swing change; and the firing of his coach and his caddie — Tiger Woods can again be the world's top golfer with a victory at this week's British Open.
The Angel Project picks up the tab for a patient who needs a leg ulcer operation, and Zeal wants to know about the progress of a 10-year-old who is awaiting further intestinal surgery.
The couple, who said that leaving the dog alone in hospital was distressing, have now raised more than £5,000 for the terrier's leg operation.
Information was also collected on history of peripheral artery disease, history of leg operation and history of oedema/swelling of legs and ankles.
