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2.3 Treatments
Treatments for bones
Question | Answer |
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Ablation | surgical removal of a part of a bone |
Alignment | act of putting bones back in their natural position |
Amputation | removal of a part of the body |
Disarticulation | process in which the joint is take apart and the limb is cut off at the joint. |
Fixation | use of metal devices to hold a fracture bone in a set piosition. |
Grafting | placement fo bone fragments from another bone in a person's body or a donor. |
Manipulation | moving of a part of the body such as a fractured bone or dislocated joint. |
Osteoclasis | surgical fracture or breaking to bring about a change in alignment. |
Osteotomy | surgical procedure in which bone is cut. |
Prosthetic devices | specially designed equipment put in the place of a missing part of the body, as in artificial leg. |
Reduction | non-surgical manipulation done to refracture bones to their normal alignment. |
Spinal fusion | joining together of two or more vertebrae. |