autoplasty

• Término médico que designa una intervención quirúrgica en la que se toma tejido de una parte del cuerpo del propio paciente y se trasplanta a otra parte del mismo paciente.

A medical term referring to a surgical procedure in which tissue is taken from one part of a patient's body and grafted to another part of the same patient's body.

1. Graft tissueC2formalmedical

   Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person.

   Autoplastia

   • The surgeon used an autoplasty from the patient's thigh to repair the wound.
   • Autoplasty is preferred to avoid immune rejection.
   • The harvested autoplasty was carefully sutured into place.

   Sinónimosautograft

2. Surgical procedureC2formalmedical

   Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body.

   Autoplastia

   • The doctor performed an autoplasty to reconstruct the damaged skin.
   • Autoplasty is a common technique in reconstructive surgery.
   • The patient recovered well after the autoplasty procedure.