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osteotomy [‚äs·tē′äd·ə·mē] (medicine) Surgical division of a bone. Making a section of a bone for the purpose of correcting a deformity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Having performed more than 200 tibial plateau leveling osteotomies (surgery for reconstruction or stabilization of knees in dogs suffering from anterior cruciate ligament damage), MASH recently added total hip replacement surgery to its service offerings for dogs with end-stage hip dysplasia. Extended frontal approach with bilateral orbitofrontoethmoidal osteotomies for removal of a giant extracranial schwannoma in the nasopharynx, sphenoid sinus, and parapharyngeal space. The Osteo Trac system provides fixation following opening wedge osteotomies in long bones such as the tibia. |
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