(n.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Progress in orthognathic surgery as well as the special methods now available for proper setting of osteotomic segments, diagnostic aids and therapeutic possibilities of orthodontics have considerably strengthened the case today for giving adults a combined treatment.
(2) The wire functioned as a spindle along which the distraction of the osteotomized bone fragments was continued.
(3) Shortening of the osteotomized clavicle by only 1 cm leads to an increase of these forces by about 40%.
(4) Unphysiological elongation of the calcaneus tendon was performed by distraction of the osteotomized lower leg with the aid of an external minifixator.
(5) This condition can be corrected by osteotomizing the lateral malleolus and restoring the integrity of the distal tibiofibular joint by pulling the lateral malleolus distally and internally rotating it.
(6) Total regeneration of an osteotomized fibula is rarely reported in the literature.
(7) Clinical and histological tests were made in five minipigs to study the hitherto unknown tissue behaviour of the receiver organism to unilaterally uncovered perforated ceramic implants in the bilaterally osteotomized facial maxillary sinus wall.
(8) The authors propose to stimulate distraction osteogenesis by means of implanting bone matrix both into the resection area after removing the suppurative necrotic focus and into the region of the osteotomized fragment.
(9) Six osteotomized patients had troublesome abductor weakness secondary to wire breakage and proximal migration of the trochanter.
(10) With this method, the ascending ramus is osteotomized vertically from an extra-oral incision.
(11) For the three parameters considered, the mean percentage differences between the osteotomized plated bones and their paired-sham-operated controls were 69, 64 and 80 per cent, respectively.
(12) Internal fixation of the osteotomized radial bones was accomplished with small right-angled T plates, and the limbs were placed in full-limb casts for 3 weeks and tube casts for 3 more weeks.
(13) The most likely explanation for the complication is a transmittal of force from the osteotome used to fracture through the pterygoid plates extending superiorly through the medial surface of the cavernous sinus.
(14) In this method the osteotomized bones and their intact contralateral controls are tested in nondestructive bending, in twenty-four planes of loading at 15 degree angular increments.
(15) Significant necrosis is unlikely to occur if a surgeon follows the basic principle of stripping the minimal amount of mucoperiosteum and muscle attachment from the osteotomized segments commensurate with the successful completion of the osteotomies.
(16) Forty preserved human cadaveric radii were randomized into osteotomized (20) and nonosteotomized (20) groups.
(17) The length of bone that can be removed is 25 cm; the bone may be osteotomized in 2 to 4 fragments retaining their vitality.
(18) A study is presented in which transversely osteotomized rabbit tibiae were allowed to heal for 3 to 8 weeks.
(19) However, the exposure is less wide than when the greater trochanter is osteotomized and likelihood of technical error is increased.
(20) Significant reduction in blood flow to the osteotomized maxillary segment was noted in those animals (group S) where the descending palatine vessels were transected.
Osteotomy
Definition:
(n.) The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
(n.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) An opening wedge osteotomy is then directed posterior-dorsal to anterior-plantar, to effectively plantarflex the posterior aspect of the calcaneus.
(2) The authors analyze the biomechanical effectiveness of pelvic osteotomy according to the Chiari method.
(3) Such deformities may be the only future indication for the use of this operation as these knees do not do well when treated by tibial osteotomy.
(4) The operatory technic used is very classic: septoplasty as the first step, then rhinoplasty by extra mucosal way, with paramedial and lateral osteotomies allowing rebuilding of nasal osseous pyramid.
(5) An experimental study in the white rat (Sprague-Dawley) was undertaken to evaluate the frequency of fisula formation after palatal midline osteotomies as used in surgical-orthodontic "rapid-expansion" procedures.
(6) Five shoulders had a posterior opening-wedge osteotomy of the scapular neck to correct the excessive retroversion of the glenoid cavity.
(7) In group II reconstructive osteotomy and stable, internal fixation with a plate was accomplished.
(8) A computer-programmed osteotomy package was used to measure agreed values from lateral cephalograms preoperatively, postoperatively, and during the follow-up period.
(9) Individuals undergoing delayed bladder closure without iliac osteotomy had no notable difference in the incidence of bladder dehiscence (p greater than 0.5) but they had a statistically significant difference in the ability to gain urinary continence (p less than 0.01).
(10) Accurate rotational osteotomy is especially difficult in a triangular bone such as the tibia.
(11) The best prognosis of the osteotomy is in the early stage of arthrosis (Ahlbäck 0-II).
(12) In the treatment of the temporo-mandibular ankylosis, the maintainance of separation between the temporal and mandibular raw surfaces, after osteotomy of the bony fusion, constitutes the key to the prevention of recurrence; the great potential of bone to reform is acknowledged by all those who are experienced in this problem.
(13) For stage III of the disease different osteotomies of the proximal femur are recommended.
(14) This paper describes a simple linear intertrochanteric osteotomy which aims to centre the femoral head correctly in the acetabulum.
(15) One of the instruments used for osteotomies of the nasal bones in rhinoplasty is the saw.
(16) Modifications of the Wilson bunionectomy and osteotomy procedure enable the surgeon to address multiple, individual abnormalities associated with the hallux abductor valgus deformity.
(17) In cases irradiated with higher doses, osteotomy is often necessary sometime followed by poor results.
(18) For the experimental studies, fractures of the jaw bone in terms of oblique osteotomies from angle to sigmoid notch of the mandible of the Malaysian monkeys were made by using #700 fissure bur and reduced and fixed them in terms of interosseous wiring.
(19) The modern corticotomy has evolved from the initial open osteotomies, which eventually proved to be traumatic to bone's osteogenic elements, and closed bone osteoclasis, which proved time consuming and difficult to control.
(20) The indications, types of osteotomies, complications, and other aspects are reported.