reconstructive surgery
noun
: surgery to restore function or normal appearance by reconstructing defective organs or parts
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This is not Notre-Dame’s first reconstructive surgery.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
She’s since undergone another two-and-a-half-hour reconstructive surgery, but is expected to have scars for life.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Police said the man who was shot in the face was released from the hospital on Tuesday after undergoing reconstructive surgery.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
In the decade between, Derek Pfaff underwent 58 plastic and reconstructive surgeries at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit to try to close the gaping wounds in his face and rebuild it with tissue taken from his arms, his chest, his back and legs.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
She’s since undergone another two-and-a-half-hour reconstructive surgery, but is expected to have scars for life.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Police said the man who was shot in the face was released from the hospital on Tuesday after undergoing reconstructive surgery.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
In the decade between, Derek Pfaff underwent 58 plastic and reconstructive surgeries at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit to try to close the gaping wounds in his face and rebuild it with tissue taken from his arms, his chest, his back and legs.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Reconstructive surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconstructive%20surgery. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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