osteotomy
IPA: ɑstioʊtoʊmi
noun
- (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting a bone. This is often performed to either lengthen, shorten, or straighten a bone.
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Examples of "osteotomy" in Sentences
- Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy.
- Other treatments include immobilization and osteotomy of the femur.
- Australian experience in craniofacial osteotomy for facial deformity.
- Chin Osteotomy is most often done to correct a vertically short chin.
- Osteotomy to restore or modify joint congruity is also an arthroplasty.
- The maxilla can be adjusted using a Lefort I level osteotomy most common .
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