patelloplasty
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]patelloplasty (plural patelloplasties)
- (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, :
- 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.