reimplantation
noun[CorU]
medicalspecialized(alsore-implantation)uk/ˌriː.ɪm.plɑːnˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.ɪm.plænˈteɪ.ʃən/theactoffixingsomething,especiallyapartof thebody, back in theplacewhere it was before:
The reimplantation of thepacemakerwasperformedsuccessfully.
Early re-implantation ofteethgives thebestchanceoflong-termsuccess.
- Theydevelopednewtechniquesforpreservingorgansbetweenremovaland reimplantation.
- Reimplantation of thetissuecarriesalowriskof reintroducingcancercells.
- Thestandardsurgicalprocedurefor thisconditionis theremovaland reimplantation of theaffectedorgan.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion
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