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notchplasty

notchplasty noun: the surgical enlargement of the intercondylar notch, creating space for an anterior cruciate ligament graft during knee reconstruction.

Noun

notchplasty (plural notchplasties)

  1. The surgical enlargement of the intercondylar notch, creating space for an anterior cruciate ligament graft during knee reconstruction.
    • Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.2003, John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Operative Arthroscopy, page 354
    • Therefore, the effects of notchplasty on the clinical outcome after anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction were evaluated in a cohort study.2016, Mitsuo Ochi, Konsei Shino, Kazunori Yasuda, ACL Injury and Its Treatment, page 273

Forms of notchplasty

pluralnotchplasties

Origin of notchplasty

From notch + -plasty, where "notch" refers to the intercondylar notch.

Questions about notchplasty

What does notchplasty mean?
Notchplasty means the surgical enlargement of the intercondylar notch, creating space for an anterior cruciate ligament graft during knee reconstruction.
What part of speech is notchplasty?
Notchplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of notchplasty?
The plural of notchplasty is notchplasties.

Words near notchplasty in the dictionary

  1. notching
  2. notching up
  3. notchings
  4. notchless
  5. notchplasties
  6. notchplasty
  7. notcht
  8. notchweed
  9. notchweeds
  10. notchwing
  11. notchwings

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