Mosaicplasty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mosaicplasty is a noun meaning (surgery) The harvesting and transplanting of many small cylindrical osteochondral plugs from the less weight-bearing periphery of the patellofemoral area and inserting them into drilled tunnels in the defective section of cartilage.
Meaning
(surgery) The harvesting and transplanting of many small cylindrical osteochondral plugs from the less weight-bearing periphery of the patellofemoral area and inserting them into drilled tunnels in the defective section of cartilage.
Example Sentences
Following this logic, multiple treatment options including microfracture, mosaicplasty, and autologous chondrocyte implantation have been explored [3 ].
Word Forms
- mosaicplasties
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include patelloplasty, osteochondroplasty, chondroplasty, alloplasty, meloplasty, septoplasty.
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