The phrase "as a secondary procedure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an additional or supplementary action that is performed after a primary procedure.
Example: "The surgeon decided to perform a biopsy as a secondary procedure to ensure accurate diagnosis."
Alternatives: "as an additional step" or "as a follow-up procedure".
We analyzed an enucleated eye that was blind and painful from a 66-year-old patient implanted with a Tennant modification of the Choyce Mark VIII anterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) as a secondary procedure in 1978.
In the majority of the cases, thumb reconstruction is performed as a secondary procedure [5].
Both patients in the nailing group underwent nail removal and plating with bone grafting, and the two patients in DCP group underwent bone grafting as a secondary procedure.
Cases with flap cover being done as a secondary procedure was higher due to the late referrals, which were treated primarily outside the author's clinic.
An analysis of the literature reveals that medial transfer of the ipsilateral fibula has been performed mostly as a secondary procedure involving gradual transfer [6, 8, 9, 17] or, in a few cases, as a secondary immediate procedure [7].
In contrast, if there is an open wound with primary shortening of the extremity and difficulty with primary soft tissue coverage, then we recommend callus distraction and open transport, with the soft tissue coverage performed as a secondary procedure.
This advancement flap is designed to include both digital neurovascular bundles and eliminates the need for a secondary procedure as it allows primary closure of the subsequent defect.
Andrews underwent a secondary procedure in early November, after which doctors did not detect any sign of cancer.
We will also collect patient cost data, report differences in complication and revision surgery rates, as well as secondary procedures such as anti-inflammatory hip injections.
For those patients with meniscal procedures performed as a secondary surgical procedure (26,865 patients) the most common primary procedures (accounting for 87%) were: anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (30%: KNGE45*, KNGE51, KNGE55), arthroscopic exploration (28%: KNGA11), synovectomy (18%: KNGF01, KNGF11), and cartilage resection (11%: KNGF31).
Repeated adjunctive injections of 5-FU as well as secondary procedures (e.g. needlings) are quite common, but yield only limited success.
