mosaicplasty

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounmosaicplasty (plural mosaicplasties)

plural mosaicplasties

  1. medicineThe 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

    Following this logic, multiple treatment options including microfracture, mosaicplasty, and autologous chondrocyte implantation have been explored [3 ].

    2015 July 30, “Cold Atmospheric Plasma Modified Electrospun Scaffolds with Embedded Microspheres for Improved Cartilage Regeneration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From mosaic + -plasty.

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