Taber's Medical Dictionary
osteotomy
(ŏs-tē-ŏt′ō-mē )
[″ + tome, incision]
The operation of cutting through a bone.
C-form osteotomy
A C-shaped cut through the ramus of the mandible to allow forward placement of the mandible in correcting a retrognathic condition.
condylar neck osteotomy
Surgery on the condylar neck of the mandible to correct prognathism.
cuneiform osteotomy
The excision of a wedge of bone from the cuneiform.
linear osteotomy
The lengthwise division of a bone.
Macewen's osteotomy
Supracondylar section of the femur for correction of genu valgum.
subtrochanteric osteotomy
Division of the shaft of the femur below the lesser trochanter to correct ankylosis of the hip joint.
transtrochanteric osteotomy
Section of the femur through the lesser trochanter for correction of a deformity about the hip joint.
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