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ostectomy

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From osteo- (“of bone”) +‎ -ectomy (“surgical excision of”).

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ostectomy (plural ostectomies)

  1. (surgery) Excision of all or part of a bone.
    femoral head ostectomy
    • 1972, Canadian Symposium on Dental Research and Education:
      Bell and Levy have shown that if the blood supply to the anterior maxilla is interrupted both on its labial and palatal surfaces during ostectomies, the maxilla will undergo necrosis.
    • 2005, Ann L. Johnson, Dianne Dunning, Atlas of Orthopedic Surgical Procedures of the Dog and Cat, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 26:
      Distal ulnar ostectomy is indicated as an early corrective surgery for premature closure of the distal ulnar physis, before the appearance of severe angular limb deformities.
    • 2010, Scott W. Wolfe, Robert N. Hotchkiss, William C. Pederson, Scott H. Kozin, Green's Operative Hand Surgery E-Book: Expert Consult: Online and Print, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN:
      An alternative to transposing the nail unit onto a shortened skeleton is to reduce the nail and shorten the digit further with segmental ostectomies along the length of the digit.
    • 2012, Lars Andersson, Karl-Erik Kahnberg, M. Anthony Pogrel, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 634:
      Enucleation with peripheral ostectomy is an extension of the curettage technique described above.
    • 2013, Theresa Welch Fossum, Small Animal Surgery Textbook, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN:
      After ulnar ostectomy, postoperative radiographs document the location and length of the ostectomy gap. A soft padded bandage or splint may be used to protect the limb for 2 weeks if bilateral procedures are done.
    • 2014, M. Joseph Bojrab, Don Ray Waldron, James P. Toombs, Current Techniques in Small Animal Surgery, Fifth Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 892:
      Ostectomies of the glenoid rim and humeral head are made with and sharp osteotome, oscillating saw, or high-speed rotating burr.

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Not to be confused with osteotomy, the surgical cutting or dividing of a bone.

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