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Author Question: The words angioplasty and valvuloplasty both end in the suffix -plasty. How are these two surgical ... (Read 19 times)

cnetterville

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The words angioplasty and valvuloplasty both end in the suffix -plasty. How are these two surgical procedures alike and how are they different?
 
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Ksanderson1296

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The suffix in both words is -plasty, which means process of reshaping by surgery. Both angioplasty and valvuloplasty involve a process of reshaping by surgery. The difference is that an angioplasty reshapes a blood vessel and vavuloplasty reshapes a valve.

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