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Osteoclasis   Listen
noun
osteoclasis  n.  (Surg.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... straighten if the child is treated for rickets and kept off his feet; well-padded lateral splints are applied as recommended for knock-knee, and these should be taken off at intervals for massage and douching. Above the age of six, the choice lies between osteoclasis and osteotomy. In performing osteotomy the bone is either simply divided or a segment is resected. The fibula can usually be forcibly straightened, but may require to be divided through a separate incision. In aggravated ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles



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