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.
Sometimes during arthroscopy of joints, arthritis or surface defects are discovered. If the. patient is the correct age and the lesion or problem is just right for the procedure, a. chondroplasty is done. In addition to the other work of removing any uneven surfaces and tears of the menisci or. loose fragments from the knee joint itself, the articular surface of the joint can have. significant arthritis.