autoplasty

• Termo médico que designa um procedimento cirúrgico no qual tecido é retirado de uma parte do corpo do próprio paciente e enxertado em outra parte do mesmo 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.

   Enxerto autólogo

   • 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.

   Sinônimosautograft

2. Surgical procedureC2formalmedical

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

   Procedimento cirúrgico

   • 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.