-plasty
Surgery that rebuilds rather than removes, marking an operation whose whole purpose is shape and working function.
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3 matchesangioplasty
No incision ever reaches the artery: the whole repair travels there through a puncture, which is why recovery bears no resemblance to bypass surgery.
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A narrowed artery reopened from the inside by a balloon threaded to the blockage on a fine wire, without opening the chest.
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