Plan - Treatment and Therapies (Procedures for Bones)

Question 1

carpectomy

Answer 1

removal of all or part of the wrist

Question 2

costectomy

Answer 2

removal of a rib

Question 3

craniectomy

Answer 3

removal of a portion of the skull

Question 4

craniotomy

Answer 4

removal of a portion of the skull that will be replaced

Question 5

external fixation

Answer 5

the fixation of a fractured bone from the outside (ie. using casts, splints, stabilizers)

Question 6

internal fixation

Answer 6

the fixation of a fractured boned from the inside (ie. using screws, pins, plates)

Question 7

closed reduction

Answer 7

returning bones to their proper position without the use of surgery

Question 7

open reduction

Answer 7

returning bones to their proper position through the use of surgery

Question 8

metacarpectomy

Answer 8

removal of a bone in the hand

Question 9

ostectomy

Answer 9

removal of a bone

Question 10

osteectomy

Answer 10

removal of a bone

Question 11

osteoclasia

Answer 11

the surgical breaking of a bone (often done to remedy a deformity)

Question 12

osteoplasy

Answer 12

reconstruction of a bone

Question 13

osteotomy

Answer 13

incision into bone

Question 14

spondylosyndesis

Answer 14

fusing together of multiple vertebrae

Question 15

sternotomy

Answer 15

incision into the sternum

Question 16

tarsectomy

Answer 16

removal of all or a portion of the ankle

Question 17

tarsoclasia

Answer 17

surgical fracture of the ankle (ie. to treat clubfoot)