reoperate
verb[I]
(alsore-operate)uk/ˌriːˈɒp.ər.eɪt/us/ˌriːˈɑː.pə.reɪt/of adoctor, tocarryout out aparticularmedicaloperationfor a secondtimeon the samepatient:
Four of thepatientshad to be reoperated on after theinitialsurgery.
Thesymptomsdid notimprove, so we had to re-operate.
- Thepatientwas reoperated on tocontrolthebleeding.
- Thesurgeonsaid that she could re-operate to getridof thescar.
- Reoperatingincreasestherisksofbleedinganddamageto thetissue.
- It is oftenbetterto re-operateratherthan totrytocontroltheinfectionwithdrugs.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion