replacement surgery

collocation in English

meaningsofreplacementandsurgery

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replacement
noun
uk
/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/us
/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/
the process of replacing something with ...
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surgery
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us
/ˈsɝː.dʒər.i/
the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the ...
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The thrombosis necessitated valvereplacementsurgerywith a porcine bioprosthesis at 22 weeks gestation.
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Overall long-term impact of total hip and knee jointreplacementsurgeryon patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Determinants of willingness-to-pay for hip and knee jointreplacementsurgeryfor osteoarthritis.
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For instance, the total number of patients entering treatment during data collection was 419 in hip and kneereplacementsurgery.
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For hip fractures, this treatment routinely includes hipreplacementsurgery.
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In the case of hipreplacementsurgery, it was hypothesized that, prior to treatment, patients may have a goal of reducing disability.
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Does preoperative physiotherapy improve outcomes from lowerlimbreplacementsurgery?
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Hip and kneereplacementsurgery-volumes and waiting times.
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There are few comparative studies and even fewer prospective, randomized controlled trials that have compared prostheticreplacementsurgerywith standard internal fixation techniques in the long run.
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Bleeding is particularly troublesome in jointreplacementsurgery, as hemorrhage at the surgical site may require re-intervention and an infected hematoma may threaten the viability of the joint graft.
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The next phase will monitor infections in patients undergoing hip and kneereplacementsurgery, and those who develop hospital-acquired infections after discharge.
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It will tackle one of the major problems in our part of the world—that is, hipreplacementsurgery.
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Of the 300 patients, 49 are awaiting hipreplacementsurgery.
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Instead, they tell us that we have a caring community which is prepared to carry out hipreplacementsurgeryfor the benefit of the elderly.
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This includes bypass surgery, to replace sections of the coronary arteries and valvereplacementsurgery.
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These management tools include physical activity, self-management, physical and occupational therapy and jointreplacementsurgery.
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Hip jointreplacementsurgerywill be cut dramatically from the record-breaking total of more than 2,000 joint replacements last year.
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Based on the national average, the length of stay in an acute hospital for hipreplacementsurgeryis 15 days.
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If there be criticism, it must be made against those surgeons who quite deliberately carried out heart valvereplacementsurgerywithout advising the board.
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