reoperate
verb [ I ] (also re-operate) uk/ˌriːˈɒp.ər.eɪt/ us/ˌriːˈɑː.pə.reɪt/
再次手术
of a doctor, to carry out out a particular medical operation for a second time on the same patient
Four of the patients had to be reoperated on after the initial surgery. 其中四名患者在初次手术后不得不再次进行手术。
The symptoms did not improve, so we had to re-operate.
- More examples
- The patient was reoperated on to control the bleeding.
- The surgeon said that she could re-operate to get rid of the scar.
- Reoperating increases the risks of bleeding and damage to the tissue.
- It is often better to re-operate rather than to try to control the infection with drugs.