When the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, it is called metastatic cancer. The liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and bones are common areas of spread or metastasis. Even when cancer spreads to a new location, it is still named after the area of the body where it started.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Chondroplasty refers to surgery of the cartilage, the most common being corrective surgery of the cartilage of the knee. Surgery known as thyroid chondroplasty (or trachea shave) is used to reduce the visibility of the Adam's Apple in transsexual women.
Unformatted text preview: Chondroplasty is the surgical repair of damaged cartilage[ chondr/o means cartilage, and - plasty means surgical repair]. Synovectomy is the surgical removal of a synovial membrane from a joint[ synov means synovial membrane, and -ectomy means rurgical removal]. One use of this procedure, which can be performed endoscopically, is to repair joint damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis.