reoperation
noun[CorU]
(alsore-operation)/riːˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən//ˌriː.ɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/anoccasionwhen adoctorcarriesout aparticularmedicaloperationfor a secondtimeon the samepatient:
Sherecoveredcompletelyafter the reoperation.
There was aproblemfollowingthesurgerythatrequiredre-operation.
- Reoperations aregenerallynot assuccessfulas theoriginaloperation.
- Twopatientsrequireda re-operationduetocomplicationsafter thesurgery.
- Sometimes more than onetumourispresentand reoperation may benecessary.
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