aortoplasty
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Related to aortoplasty: aortotomy, aortorrhaphy
reconstruction
[re″kon-struk´shun]1. the reassembling or re-forming of something from constituent parts.
2. surgical restoration of function of a body part, such as with a bypass or plastic surgery.
aortic reconstruction restoration of function to a damaged aorta, as by bypass or aortoplasty.
a·or·to·plas·ty
(ā'ōr'tō-plas'tē),A procedure for surgical repair of the aorta.
aortoplasty
/aor·to·plas·ty/ (a-or´to-plas″te) surgical repair of the aorta.aortoplasty
(ā-ôr′tə-plăs′tē)n.
Surgical repair of the aorta.
a·or·to·plas·ty
(ā-ōr'tō-plas'tē)A procedure for surgical repair of the aorta.