different between ostectomy vs osteoplasty

English

Alternative forms

• osteoectomy

Etymology

osteo- (“of bone”) +? -ectomy (“surgical excision of”).

Noun

ostectomy (plural ostectomies)

1. (surgery) Excision of all or part of a bone.
   • 1972, Canadian Symposium on Dental Research and Education

     Bell and Levy have shown that if the blood supply to the anterior maxilla is interrupted both on its labial and palatal surfaces during ostectomies, the maxilla will undergo necrosis.

   • 2005, Ann L. Johnson, Dianne Dunning, Atlas of Orthopedic Surgical Procedures of the Dog and Cat, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN), page 26

     Distal ulnar ostectomy is indicated as an early corrective surgery for premature closure of the distal ulnar physis, before the appearance of severe angular limb deformities.

   • 2010, Scott W. Wolfe, Robert N. Hotchkiss, William C. Pederson, Scott H. Kozin, Green's Operative Hand Surgery E-Book: Expert Consult: Online and Print, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN)

     An alternative to transposing the nail unit onto a shortened skeleton is to reduce the nail and shorten the digit further with segmental ostectomies along the length of the digit.

   • 2012, Lars Andersson, Karl-Erik Kahnberg, M. Anthony Pogrel, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), page 634

     Enucleation with peripheral ostectomy is an extension of the curettage technique described above.

   • 2013, Theresa Welch Fossum, Small Animal Surgery Textbook, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN)

     After ulnar ostectomy, postoperative radiographs document the location and length of the ostectomy gap. A soft padded bandage or splint may be used to protect the limb for 2 weeks if bilateral procedures are done.

   • 2014, M. Joseph Bojrab, Don Ray Waldron, James P. Toombs, Current Techniques in Small Animal Surgery, Fifth Edition, CRC Press (?ISBN), page 892

     Ostectomies of the glenoid rim and humeral head are made with and sharp osteotome, oscillating saw, or high-speed rotating burr.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with osteotomy, the surgical cutting or dividing of a bone.

Translations

Anagrams

• cystotome, cytostome

English

Etymology

osteo- +? -plasty

Noun

osteoplasty (plural osteoplasties)

1. (surgery) Surgery to repair, modify or graft bone or bony structures.