tenosynovectomy

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tenosynovectomy (countable and uncountable, plural tenosynovectomies)

  1. (surgery) Excision or resection of a tendon sheath.
    • 1973, Jerome H. Herman, Rheumatoid Arthritis: Theoretical and Clinical Aspects, page 184:
      There is substantial clinical experience showing that the risk of tendon rupture can be minimized by tenosynovectomy.
    • 2015 July 14, Seung Eun Hong et al., “Rice Body Tenosynovitis without Tuberculosis Infection after Multiple Acupuncture Procedures in a Hand”, in Archives of Plastic Surgery[1], volume 42, →DOI:
      Complete excision including tenosynovectomy is essential even in "non-specific" rice body tenosynovitis.