previous surgery

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meaningsofpreviousandsurgery

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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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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(Definition ofpreviousandsurgeryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Only one reported havingprevioussurgery.
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Figure 1 shows the results obtained by means of the classification tree on patients with no history ofprevioussurgery.
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The sphincter can also be used to treat severe stress incontinence in women, particularly ifprevioussurgeryhas failed.
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One participant found the gown very important because she had receivedprevioussurgeryon her unaffected breast.
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The timing of reinterventions varied widely, from 21 days to 15 years afterprevioussurgery, with an average of 5.5 years.
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Many of my constituents came to myprevioussurgeryand expressed concern about that.
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There was then removed from his stomach a tube which had been left behind from theprevioussurgery.
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At myprevioussurgerya man was desperately concerned about his inability to meet the fees for his adult son in a private home.
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Reoperation rates were also very similar, even after stratifying byprevioussurgeryor surgical complexity, and after adjusting for demographic and clinical features.
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A history ofprevioussurgery(e.g., previous cervical fusion), injury, radiation therapy, or tumors involving the head, neck and upper chest can also provide clues to a potentially difficult intubation.
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