patelloplasty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

patello- +‎ -plasty

Noun[edit]

patelloplasty (plural patelloplasties)

  1. (surgery) Repair or reconstruction of the patella
    • 2015 July 21, Armin Keshmiri et al., “The influence of component alignment on patellar kinematics in total knee arthroplasty”, in Acta Orthopaedica[1], volume 86, →DOI:
      No patella replacements were used, and no other surgical patellar interventions such as lateral release or patelloplasty were performed before measurements, in order to achieve equivalent conditions before and after TKA.