Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
repeat surgery
re·peat sur·ger·y
Subclass of:
Operative Surgical Procedures
Definitions related to repeat surgery:
  • (reoperation) A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (repeated surgical procedure) Repeat performance of a surgical procedure or intervention. (ACC)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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