Original sentence: Its practitioners claim it involves the extraction of "tumors" or other presumed pathological obects (pus, bones, and so on) from the patient's body through a bloody but painless and invisible "incision", often made with bare hands and without the use of antiseptics or anesthetics.Psychic "surgery" — definition in the Skeptic's Dictionary.Psychic surgery is allegedly a paranormal surgical procedure performed by self-styled psychic doctors or psychic surgeons.Scientists, medical doctors and stage magicians (notably, debunker and retired magician James Randi) have repeatedly exposed psychic surgery as a fraudulent sleight-of-hand confidence trick; showing how the psychic "doctor" does nothing beneficial for the patient and simply produces concealed blood and other objects that he had suitably hidden in advance.The "procedure" is practiced predominantly in underdeveloped countries such as the Philippines and Brazil, where practitioners can arguably take advantage of a superstitious populace, and where enforcement of anti-fraud statutes is low on government's priorities.The Facts About Faith Healing — article about fraud in faith healing.Usually the practitioners claim  special magical abilities.While not generally hazardous to the patient, medical fraud of this kind carries considerable risk of the patient delaying or forgoing any competent medical help — sometimes with fatal consequences
Edited sentence: ) from the patient's body through a bloody but painless and invisible "incision", often made with bare hands and without the use of antiseptics or anesthetics.Its perpetrators make fanciful claims that it involves the extraction of "tumors" or other presumed pathological obects (pus, bones, etc.Psychic surgery is a sleight-of-hand trick performed by con artists, who style themselves as psychic doctors or psychic surgeons.Scientists, medical doctors and stage magicians (notably, debunker and retired magician James Randi) have repeatedly exposed  the trick, showing how the psychic "doctor" simply produces concealed blood and parts that he had suitably hidden in advance.The trick is practiced predominantly in underdeveloped countries like the Philippines and Brazil, where the fraudsters can take advantage of a superstitious populace, and where enforcement of anti-fraud statutes is low on government's priorities.While not generally hazardous to the patient, medical fraud of this kind carries considerable risk of the patient delaying or forgoing altogether, any competent medical help, sometimes with fatal  consequences