reconstructive surgery
noun
: surgery to restore function or normal appearance by reconstructing defective organs or parts
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The woman suffered level five facial bites—the most severe classification short of fatal injury—and has undergone reconstructive surgery, with more procedures expected.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Earlier this year, plastic surgeon Victor Chien at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles led a team that performed the first robotic microsurgical head and neck cancer reconstructive surgery in the U.S.
The robotic system allowed Chien and his team to operate on blood vessels thinner than a human hair.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
In the decade before that transformative procedure in February, Derek 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 his legs.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
The campaign is underpinned by survey research involving those living with facial differences arising from scarring, burns, reconstructive surgery, craniofacial conditions and various other congenital facial malformations.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Earlier this year, plastic surgeon Victor Chien at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles led a team that performed the first robotic microsurgical head and neck cancer reconstructive surgery in the U.S.
The robotic system allowed Chien and his team to operate on blood vessels thinner than a human hair.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
In the decade before that transformative procedure in February, Derek 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 his legs.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
The campaign is underpinned by survey research involving those living with facial differences arising from scarring, burns, reconstructive surgery, craniofacial conditions and various other congenital facial malformations.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Reconstructive surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconstructive%20surgery. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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