reoperation
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- noun
- /ˌriːˈɒpəreɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The doctor explained that a reoperation might be necessary if the patient did not heal properly after the first surgery.
- required reoperation
- thyroid reoperations
- reoperation rates
Examples
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No complications required reoperation.
Academic text (2012) -
Six patients, including four who had mediastinitis, required reoperation:
Academic text (2004) -
Other risk factors include malignancy and reoperation for hemorrhage.
Academic text (2005) -
The patient underwent reoperation and remained disease-free at 28 months.
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Reoperation is often required in patients who develop flap necrosis (95).
Academic text (2015) -
Any patient whose symptoms returned or who exhibited an expanding tumor on imaging was considered to have experienced a recurrence and was therefore a candidate for reoperation.
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Of the 17 patients, 13 (76.5%) required reoperations, including five revision amputations over an average follow-up period of four years (range one to 10 years).
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(n1) Thyroid and parathyroid reoperations, in particular, pose an increased risk of nerve damage.
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Mastectomy flap necrosis can necessitate reoperation and removal of the implants (86).
Academic text (2015) -
With an average clinical follow-up of 12 months, there were no surgical infections, bleeding complications, cerebrospinal fluid leaks, or reoperations for contour irregularities, hardware failures, or other issues.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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2.7
An operation in which a doctor cuts into the body to treat or repair it
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3.7
A surgery where a doctor cuts the body to fix a problem
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3.0
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
A second medical operation or procedure that fixes problems after the first one
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reoperation is made of re- ('again') and operation (a surgical 'procedure'), so it means having the operation again, usually because the first surgery did not fix the problem.