Osteosynthesis
A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws.
Osteosynthesis refers particularly to internal fixation of a fracture by such means, as opposed to external fixation of a fracture by a splint or cast.
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- Osteotomy
Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
- Osteotomy, block
Surgical removal of a section of bone.
- Osteotomy, displacement
Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones.
- Osteotomy, cuneiform
Surgical removal of a triangular piece of bone.
- Ostomy
An operation to create an opening from an area inside the body to the outside.