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Definition of Reoperation

1. operation [n -S] - See also: operation

Medical Definition of Reoperation

1. A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient. It includes reoperation for reexamination, reoperation for disease progression or recurrence, or reoperation following operative failure. (25 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reoperation

Literary usage of Reoperation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Truth about the Treaty by André Tardieu (1921)
"Thus in the district of Lille, which heads the list, the percentage of reoperation of factories investigated is eighty-six and two-tenths per cent., ..."

2. The Truth about the Treaty by André Tardieu (1921)
"Thus in the district of Lille, which heads the list, the percentage of reoperation of factories investigated is eighty-six and two-tenths per cent., ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1921)
"Adhesions of such a character as to require reoperation, because of pain or interference with the mobility of the stomach or intestines, result, ..."

4. The Roentgen Diagnosis of Diseases of the Alimentary Canal by Russell Daniel Carman (1920)
"Findings at reoperation: Stoma greatly strictured, apparently by ... Findings at reoperation: The gastro-enterostomy had been made on a 10 cm. loop, ..."

5. Diseases of the Thyroid Gland by Arthur Emanuel Hertzler, Victor Ernest Chesky (1922)
"In the former instance reoperation is in place. ... A reoperation will again produce favorable results in these cases. On the other hand, a general nervous ..."

6. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"Interrupted Regeneration and Reoperation.—Interruption of regeneration may take ... The surgeon must be very cautious in determining upon reoperation in an ..."

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