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Bone lengthening
Bone lengthening is a surgical orthopedic technique that gradually lengthens a bone by cutting it and slowly pulling the segments apart, allowing new bone to form in the gap.
Endoprosthetic reconstruction
Endoprosthetic reconstruction replaces bone and joint segments resected for musculoskeletal tumors with modular metal megaprostheses, restoring skeletal continuity and limb function as an alternative to amputation.
Epiphysiodesis
Epiphysiodesis is a surgical procedure that arrests or slows a growth plate in a child, used to correct limb-length discrepancy or angular deformity while growth remains, typically for predicted discrepancies of 2 to 5 cm.
Hemiepiphysiodesis
Hemiepiphysiodesis is a pediatric orthopedic technique that arrests growth on one side of a growth plate, letting the other side grow to straighten angular limb deformities in children.
Ilizarov technique
The Ilizarov technique, or Ilizarov method, is an orthopedic technique developed in Kurgan, Soviet Union, that uses a circular external fixator and gradual distraction to lengthen limbs, correct deformities, and heal nonunions.
Induced membrane technique
The induced membrane technique is a two-stage orthopedic procedure for large bone defects, described by Alain Masquelet: a cement spacer induces a membrane later filled with bone graft.
Masquelet technique
The Masquelet technique, also called the induced membrane technique, is a two-stage operation for large bone defects using a cement spacer that induces a membrane hosting a bone graft.