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vertebroplasties

vertebroplasties is the plural of vertebroplasty.

Meaning of vertebroplasty

Noun

vertebroplasty (plural vertebroplasties)

  1. A medical procedure where bone cement is injected percutaneously into a fractured vertebra with the goal of relieving the pain of vertebral compression fractures.
    • Prosecutors charged Synthes and Norian Corporation with running an unauthorized trial of the bone filler in spinal procedures known as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.2009 June 17, Barry Meier, “Synthes, Medical Device Maker, Accused of Improper Marketing”, in New York Times

Questions about vertebroplasties

What is vertebroplasties the plural of?
Vertebroplasties is the plural of vertebroplasty.

Words near vertebroplasties in the dictionary

  1. vertebrofemoral
  2. vertebrogenic
  3. vertebroiliac
  4. vertebrology
  5. vertebropelvic
  6. vertebroplasties
  7. vertebroplasty
  8. vertebrosacral
  9. vertebrosternal
  10. vertebrotherapy
  11. vertebræ

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