Reconstructive surgery or treatment involves rebuilding a part of someone's body because it has been badly damaged, or because the person wants to change its shape.
I needed reconstructive surgery to give me a new nose.
Examples of 'reconstructive' in a sentence
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She needed emergency surgery for internal bleeding and reconstructive surgery to her face and neck.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He said his pleas for reconstructive surgery have been ignored.
The Sun (2016)
Last year we were the first country in the world to receive government approval to use it for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She said that she had been convinced that people could see her ports, valves used in reconstructive surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He had five months of chemo and in September 2012 he had reconstructive surgery on his face.
The Sun (2017)
One of his specialities was portraits of soldiers injured in combat before and after reconstructive surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Fortune is now in constant pain because his family cannot afford the reconstructive surgery he needs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And we have learnt so much about reconstructive surgery that will benefit other patients.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Doctors have told him he needs reconstructive facial surgery.
The Sun (2009)
The point of view informs the historical reconstructive process.
Lee Harvey Critical Social Research (1990)
He has reconstructive work to do.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Despite extensive reconstructive facial surgery, he was left blind in one eye and with no sense of smell.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In 2011, he had reconstructive surgery on his right ankle.