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osteotomy
Indications:
- straighten a bone that has healed crooked after a fracture
- correction of bony deformities
- hallux varus
- coxa vara
- genu valgum
- genu varum
- pain relief for arthritis refractory to medical therapy
- osteoarthritis of the knee
- osteoarthritis of the hip
Procedure:
- cutting a bone, generally by means of a saw
- performed under general anesthesia
- low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to stimulated bone healing not recommended
Specific
osteotomy clavicle
osteotomy femur
osteotomy fibula
osteotomy for hallux valgus
osteotomy humerus
osteotomy mandible
osteotomy maxilla
osteotomy metacarpal bone
osteotomy pelvis
osteotomy radius or ulna
osteotomy skull
osteotomy spine
osteotomy tibia
osteotomy with realignment on intramedullary rod
osteotomy, metatarsal bone
osteotomy, phalanx, finger
osteotomy, phalanx, hallux
osteotomy, phalanx, toe
osteotomy, tarsal bone
resection of maxillary neoplasm/cyst
General
orthopedic surgery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Wikipedia: Osteotomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteotomy
- May clinic: Knee osteotomy
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/knee-osteotomy/MY00710