When individual lives are at stake, the tests must be conducted more rigorously than those now performed for statistical purposes.

They perform evaluations for purposes of civil litigation, as an aspect of economic damages.

It is performed for both diagnostic and interventional (treatment) purposes.

Gynecological surgery may occasionally be performed for elective or cosmetic purposes.

Autopsies are either performed for legal or medical purposes.

Although the procedure is usually performed for aesthetic purposes, it can also be used to correct some birth defects.

It is performed for diagnostic and research purposes, and to determine the best method of treatment.

Deadheading may also be performed for aesthetic purposes, if spent flowers are unsightly.

Depending on the type of intersex condition, surgery may be performed for aesthetic or social purposes.

In the last 100 years or so, ear cropping has been performed more often for cosmetic purposes.