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osteotomy Definition

os·te·ot·omy (äs′tē ätə mē)

noun pl. -·mies

a surgical operation of dividing a bone or cutting out a piece of bone

Etymology: osteo- + -tomy

osteotomy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: We find that most people who have a proximal metatarsal osteotomy prefer to stay in hospital the night after the operation.
  • call: Sometimes the bone around the old femoral implant has to be cut into sections before being removed, in a process called an osteotomy.

Adjective modifier

  • calcaneal: There is no difference in the reported clinical results of medial displacement posterior calcaneal osteotomy and lateral column lengthening.
  • tibial: Management of in terms of high tibial osteotomy vs Uni.
  • metatarsal: A first metatarsal osteotomy may be needed in some cases.
  • proximal: In a young patient in which femoral head preservation is preferred, however, a proximal femoral osteotomy may be indicated.
  • distal: You don't usually need a plaster after a distal chevron osteotomy.
  • pelvic: Side of the pelvic osteotomy was 2cm shorter in the femoral segment.

Modifies a noun

  • operation: I had the opportunity to sit in on an osteotomy operation, and most placements cannot offer this type of experience.

Noun used with modifier

  • chevron: You don't usually need a plaster after a distal chevron osteotomy.
  • wedge: Sometimes a wedge of bone is taken out ( closing wedge osteotomy ).
  • closing: Sometimes a wedge of bone is taken out ( closing wedge osteotomy ).
  • flexion: Although flexion osteotomy was found to be superior to rotational osteotomy, neither procedure gave the patients a functional solution.
  • metatarsal: We find that most people who have a proximal metatarsal osteotomy prefer to stay in hospital the night after the operation.

Preposition: of

  • metatarsal: One common operation is known as an osteotomy of the first metatarsal.
  • calcaneum: An alternative surgical approach is to carry out a closing wedge osteotomy of the posterior calcaneum to make the prominence less protuberant.

Preposition: for

  • treatment: Dorsiflexion metatarsal osteotomy for treatment of recalcitrant diabetic neuropathic ulcers.

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