bursa

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McVay said a few days later that a bursa sac in Nacua’s knee had burst.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

If the bursa is not removed, the tissue could be used to deliver drugs to the repaired tendon to improve healing.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

"Our findings in an animal model indicate that surgeons should not remove the bursa without carefully considering the consequences."

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Small fluid-filled sacs called bursa, which normally cushion the joint, may instead swell and ache.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

It grows slowly, and rarely causes any discomfort unless it presses upon a nerve-trunk or upon a bursa which has developed over it.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis