joint replacement

collocation in English

meaningsofjointandreplacement

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joint
adjective
uk
/dʒɔɪnt/us
/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or ...
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replacement
noun
uk
/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/us
/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/
the process of replacing something with ...
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(Definition ofjointandreplacementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The consequence was an increase in the number of surgical operations such as hip and kneejointreplacement, cataract removal, and coronary artery graft.
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Overall long-term impact of total hip and kneejointreplacementsurgery on patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Determinants of willingness-to-pay for hip and kneejointreplacementsurgery for osteoarthritis.
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Recovery of ambulation followingjointreplacementis far more predictable than how patients regain consciousness following severe brain injury.
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Osteoarthritis was the most common reason for the plannedjointreplacement.
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The selection criteria were a diagnosis of primary arthrosis, primary operation, and totaljointreplacement.
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Bleeding is particularly troublesome injointreplacementsurgery, 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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Transplantation andjointreplacementcould not be carried out if there were not antibiotic cover.
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There is no cure, althoughjointreplacementhelps, and we still do not know the cause of many forms of arthritis.
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Hipjointreplacementsurgery will be cut dramatically from the record-breaking total of more than 2,000 joint replacements last year.
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For alljointreplacementimplants, clinical data will be part of the evidence required to demonstrate compliance.
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We think immediately of the hipjointreplacement.
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For instance, there are hernias, spare part surgery, hipjointreplacement, every kind of neuro-surgical operation, obstetric operations, varieties of operations which are non-urgent.
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It has used £400,000 for patients requiringjointreplacementand surgical work, so again capacity is increased and people get through the system more quickly.
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There was no waiting list in 1959 for hipjointreplacementor coronary bypass grafts.
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These management tools include physical activity, self-management, physical and occupational therapy andjointreplacementsurgery.
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Is it to be ajointreplacementfor both?
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By the end of the financial year, patients may be waiting more than two years forjointreplacementsurgery.
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At present, information on specific expenditure on infertility treatment,jointreplacement, and immunisation prior to visits abroad, is not collected centrally.
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Detailed analysis of waiting times for coronary bypass operations in available only for 1982 while that for hipjointreplacementoperations dates from 1981.
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