Mosaicplasty

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe 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

Synonyms

patelloplasty osteochondroplasty microfracture surgery chondroplasty alloplasty meloplasty septoplasty trochleoplasty osteomyoplasty meatoplasty mucoplasty tectonic keratoplasty

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