"Surgery" (Russian: Хирургия, romanized: Khirurgiya) is a short story by Anton Chekhov, first published in 1884 by Oskolki.

Later, after some stylistic editing, it was also included into the Volume 2 of Chekhov's Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks in 1889.

During its author's lifetime, the story was translated into Bulgarian, Polish and Serbo-Croatian languages.

[2][1] Feldsher Kuryatin, substituting for a chief doctor in a clinic, meets the church sexton Vonmiglasov who suffers from toothache.

Vonmiglasov leaves outraged and disgusted, Kuryatin feels quite offended with his client's choice of language and lack of understanding.