Mosaicplasty
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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
"Following this logic, multiple treatment options including microfracture, mosaicplasty, and autologous chondrocyte implantation have been explored [3 ]."
Example
More examples"Following this logic, multiple treatment options including microfracture, mosaicplasty, and autologous chondrocyte implantation have been explored [3 ]."
Etymology
From mosaic + -plasty.
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