rocedures

amputation

Removal of some or all of a body part.

arthrodesis

Fusion of a joint or the spinal vertebrae by surgical means; -desis means to bind or surgical fixation of a bone or joint.

chemonucleolysis

Process of dissolving part of the center of an intervertebral disc by injecting a foreign substance.

craniotomy

Surgical incision or opening into the skull.

external fixation

Alignment of bone maintained by immobilizing the bone near the fracture through the use of casts, splints, or external fixators (rods or pins).

internal fixation

Alignment of bone maintained by immobilizing the bone directly at the fracture site through the use of wires, screws, pins, or plates.

laminectomy

Surgical removal of the dorsal arch of a vertebra.

onychectomy

Surgical removal of a claw.

ostectomy

Surgical removal of bone.

osteocentesis

Surgical puncture of a bone.

osteodesis

Fusion of bones.

osteopexy

Surgical fixation of a bone to the body wall.

osteoplasty

Surgical repair of bone.

osteostomy

Surgical creation of a permanent new opening in bone.

osteotomy

Surgical incision or sectioning of bone.

trephination

Process of cutting a hole into a bone using a trephine (circular sawlike instrument used to remove bone or tissue).