Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Operative Terms
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- amputation
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partial or complete removal of a limb;
AKA = above-knee amputation;
BKA = below-knee amputation - arthrocentesis
- puncture for aspiration of a joint
- arthrodesis
- binding or fusing of joint surfaces
- arthroplasty
- repair or reconstruction of a joint
- arthroscopy
- procedure using an arthroscope to examine, diagnose, and repair a joint from within
- bone grafting
- transplantation of a piece of bone from one site to another to repair a skeletal defect
- bursectomy
- excision of a bursa
- myoplasty
- repair of muscle
- open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of a fracture
- internal surgical repair of a fracture by bringing bones back into alignment and fixing them into place, often utilizing plates, screws, pins, etc
- osteoplasty
- repair of bone
- osteotomy
- incision into bone
- spondylosyndesis
- spinal fusion
- tenotomy
- division by incision of a tendon to repari a deformity caused by shortening of a muscle