"notchplasty" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "notch + -plasty, where \"notch\" refers to the intercondylar notch.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "notchplasties",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2003, John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Operative Arthroscopy, page 354",
          "text": "Intraarticular visualization and suture placement are easier while the patient's knee is unstable and before notchplasty or osseous tunnel drilling can cause bleeding.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Mitsuo Ochi, Konsei Shino, Kazunori Yasuda, ACL Injury and Its Treatment, page 273",
          "text": "Therefore, the effects of notchplasty on the clinical outcome after anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction were evaluated in a cohort study.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Chadwick Prodromos, The Anterior Cruciate Ligament, page 220",
          "text": "Although some controversy exists regarding the necessity or extent of a notchplasty, a few fundamentals related to notchplasty cannot be debated.",
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        "The surgical enlargement of the intercondylar notch, creating space for an anterior cruciate ligament graft during knee reconstruction."
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          "surgical",
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          "enlargement",
          "enlargement"
        ],
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          "intercondylar",
          "intercondylar"
        ],
        [
          "anterior",
          "anterior"
        ],
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          "cruciate",
          "cruciate"
        ],
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          "ligament",
          "ligament"
        ],
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          "graft",
          "graft"
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          "knee"
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          "reconstruction",
          "reconstruction"
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  "word": "notchplasty"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "notch + -plasty, where \"notch\" refers to the intercondylar notch.",
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          "ref": "2003, John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Operative Arthroscopy, page 354",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Mitsuo Ochi, Konsei Shino, Kazunori Yasuda, ACL Injury and Its Treatment, page 273",
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      ],
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        "The surgical enlargement of the intercondylar notch, creating space for an anterior cruciate ligament graft during knee reconstruction."
      ],
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          "anterior",
          "anterior"
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          "ligament",
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  "word": "notchplasty"
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