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2.3 Treatments
Treatments for bones
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |