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meniscectomy

[ men-uh-sek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, plural men·is·cec·to·mies.
  1. the surgical excision of a meniscus, as of the knee joint.


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New York announced before the game that guard Betnijah Laney underwent a successful arthroscopic partial meniscectomy on her right knee on Wednesday.

The team said that Williams underwent a partial knee meniscectomy on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Boston.

Saturday’s match will again feature a new look as goalkeeper Michelle Betos underwent a meniscectomy on her knee earlier this month and is out for the final two games of the season.

The Clippers said Mbah a Moute underwent a partial medial meniscectomy, with a medial femoral condyle chondroplasty procedure in New York that was performed by Dr. Riley Williams at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

For certain types of knee surgery, such as arthroscopic meniscectomy, the guidelines recommend no more than 12 pills upon discharge, while a patient going home after an open hysterectomy could require as many as 20.

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