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Offline Maryannegb

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Name for procedure?????
« on: December 06, 2011, 09:13:47 AM »
What is it called when they clean off the back of a very rough patellar?

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Re: Name for procedure?????
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2011, 10:01:31 AM »
Chondroplasty is the name for shaving/smoothing rough articular cartilage :)
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