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spondylectomies

spondylectomies is the plural of spondylectomy.

Meaning of spondylectomy

Noun

spondylectomy (plural spondylectomies)

  1. removal of all parts of one or more vertebrae above the sacrum
    • A classic corpectomy, which leaves the posterior column intact, is no better in terms of stability/stiffness than a total spondylectomy, when the total spondylectomy is carried out using a shorter cage followed by compression using posterior instrumentation.2015 July 1, Jung-Hoon Kim et al., “A biomechanical comparison of 360° stabilizations for corpectomy and total spondylectomy: a cadaveric study in the thoracolumbar spine”, in Journal of Orthopaedic...

Questions about spondylectomies

What is spondylectomies the plural of?
Spondylectomies is the plural of spondylectomy.

Words near spondylectomies in the dictionary

  1. spondylarthropathies
  2. spondylarthropathy
  3. spondylarthroses
  4. spondylarthrosis
  5. spondyle
  6. spondylectomies
  7. spondylectomy
  8. spondyles
  9. spondylic
  10. spondylid
  11. spondylids

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