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

More general terms

• orthopedic surgery

More specific terms

• 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