back surgery

collocation in English

meaningsofbackandsurgery

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back
adjective[before noun]
uk
/bæk/us
/bæk/
at or near the back ...
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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 ofbackandsurgeryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The same was true of patients with herniated disks, whose enthusiasm forbacksurgerywas reduced after watching an interactive video (18).
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Backsurgeryeffectively ended his career.
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He underwentbacksurgeryover the winter.
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He underwent majorbacksurgeryin 1999, but lost practically five years of his career.
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In 1982, she was severely injured in an automobile accident and requiredbacksurgery.
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Backsurgerycan be performed to prevent the growth of benign and malignant tumors.
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He underwentbacksurgery, was released after the season, and spent the 2000 season recovering.
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The pain was so severe and debilitating that he even consideredbacksurgery.
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It was later determined thatbacksurgerywould not be necessary.
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During the year, he underwentbacksurgeryto repair the herniated disc.
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Previousbacksurgeryhad a strong worsening effect on surgical results.
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One month after undergoing neck andbacksurgeryhe was released from hospital.
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After recentbacksurgery, he was also wearing a brace underneath his wrestling singlet.
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However,backsurgeryin 1994 (and again in 2000) prevented him from performing in several scheduled events.
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A blood clot in his lung, the complication frombacksurgery, is the suspected cause of death.
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December 2009backsurgeryand a subsequent blood infection limited him to just 23 games during the season.
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Physicians through the end of the first millennium did not attemptbacksurgeryand recommended watchful waiting.
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He initially planned to retire from office in 1998 after undergoingbacksurgery, but was persuaded to run again.
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Backsurgerycan relieve pressure on the spine, but it is not a cure-all for spinal stenosis.
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In the summer of 1994, he was diagnosed with oral cancer after being hospitalized forbacksurgery.
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The ability to work before or after the operation and a history of no priorbacksurgerywere variables predictive of a good outcome.
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At age 15, he had to undergobacksurgeryafter a damaged lumbar vertebra from a skateboarding accident threatened to paralyze him.
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Belts may not be suitable for ambulation of heavy residents or residents with recent abdominal orbacksurgery, abdominal aneurysm, etc. should not be used for lifting residents.
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