corrective surgery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcorrectiveandsurgery
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corrective
adjective
uk/kəˈrek.tɪv/us/kəˈrek.tɪv/
intended to improve ...
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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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Reconstruction of both pulmonary arteries was performed duringcorrectivesurgery.
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The operative management appeared related more to the policy of the site ofcorrectivesurgery, with surgeons at seven centres performing corrective surgery on our patients.
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It allows optimal timing forcorrectivesurgery, especially in patients with a high risk for early corrective surgery, although proportional growth of the pulmonary vessels is not achieved.
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One patient was considered unsuitable forcorrectivesurgerybecause of chromosomal abnormalities and other severe malformations.
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Various diagnostic methods should be used to follow and evaluate patients aftercorrectivesurgery.
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The 30 days mortality for palliative surgery was 11,5%, and forcorrectivesurgery21,4%.
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One of the cyanotic patients had a repeat study 2 months aftercorrectivesurgery.
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The 100 patients who subsequently underwent definitivecorrectivesurgerydid well, with only 5 deaths recorded.
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The only indication for a shunt has been whencorrectivesurgeryhas been contraindicated.
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Hevated pulmonary vascularresistancemay be contraindication forcorrectivesurgeryin congenital heart disease.
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Correctivesurgeryin one patient resulted in normal oxygen saturation, but their spectrum remained abnormal.
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One large, two-centred study compared immediatecorrectivesurgerywith stabilization then surgery.
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In our most recent patients, indications forcorrectivesurgeryhave been based on echocardiographic data alone.
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The endpoint of our follow-up was eithercorrectivesurgery, a further palliation, or death.
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Results over a 10-year period of palliation followed bycorrectivesurgeryfor complete transposition of the great arteries.
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During the first days of life, these infants usually havecorrectivesurgeryto establish free passage of stools.
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Most surgeons would agree that the presence of some of these risk factors is an indication for initial palliation rather than primarycorrectivesurgery.
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First, it is apparent that seizures, regardless of temporal relationship to thecorrectivesurgery, are a marker for global deficits in intellectual functioning.
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In view of the mild symptoms in this child, and the complexity ofcorrectivesurgery, no intervention has been planned at the current time.
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