Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
surgical replantation
sur·gic·al re·plan·ta·tion
Subclass of:
Transplantation
Definitions related to surgical replantation:
  • (replantation) Restoration of an organ or other structure to its original site.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (reimplantation) A surgical procedure that places something in the body that was previously lost or removed.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Replantation of completely amputated digits has been a medical reality since 1968, when Komatsu and Tamai first reported successful replantation of a completely amputated thumb. Amputation of digits is common.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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