[ adj ] helping to restore to good condition <adj.all> reconstructive surgeryrehabilitative exercises
Reconstructive \Re`con*struct"ive\ (-str?k"t?v), a. Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
In February, about 35 patients underwent reconstructive operations.
"Plastic and reconstructive surgery are being looked upon as the last refuge of the pirate and the freebooter: 'Charge what the traffic will bear.'
The bomb nearly blew off Breaux' foot as he was entering the car, but he underwent massive reconstructive surgery and is recovering. Leche was less severly injured.
Vance, then 20, blew away the lower portion of his face; he underwent numerous reconstructive surgeries before dying on Thanksgiving Day 1988 of complications from his injuries and a reaction to medications.
At the foundation, the bones are cleaned and chopped into pieces and freeze-dried for use in transplants, mostly for back, dental or reconstructive surgery.
A gynecologist accused by patients of performing vaginal reconstructive surgery without their knowledge has been barred from practicing surgery in Ohio while the state medical board investigates.
The medical expenses of Gary Holter, 41, have exceeded $10,000 and will increase with further reconstructive surgery, Shumaker said.
Most of the adults and children need surgical and reconstructive treatment.
Kelman Cohen, a Richmond, Va., plastic surgeon who did reconstructive surgery on Ms. Reese, says he has dissuaded 60% of those who have consulted him about the operation from having it done.
Surgeons performed a modified mastectomy and reconstructive plastic surgery, Kasteler said.
Dr. Sherman said the product was by far the best for use in reconstructive surgery.
On a plane trip recently, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor confided to Michigan Rep. John Dingell how important reconstructive surgery with a silicone implant had been to her recovery from breast cancer.
They generally need reconstructive or other complicated surgery.
But at a news conference in Washington, Dow Corning executives reasserted their conviction that any health risks are far outweighed by the benefits of reconstructive surgery with implants.