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Barbotage
Barbotage is an image-guided needle procedure that fragments and aspirates calcific deposits in tendons, most often the rotator cuff, using pulsed saline lavage to relieve pain from calcific tendinitis.
Basivertebral nerve ablation
Basivertebral nerve ablation (BVNA) is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to destroy the basivertebral nerve inside vertebrae, treating chronic vertebrogenic low back pain.
Biceps tenodesis
Biceps tenodesis is a shoulder surgery that reattaches the long head of the biceps tendon to the humerus, treating tears, instability, and inflammation that persist despite conservative care.
Bipolar hemiarthroplasty
Bipolar hemiarthroplasty is a hip operation that replaces the femoral head with a two-bearing prosthesis, used mainly for displaced femoral neck fractures and designed to reduce acetabular erosion.
Biportal endoscopic spine surgery
Biportal endoscopic spine surgery, also called unilateral biportal endoscopy, is a minimally invasive technique using two small portals, one for the endoscope and one for instruments, to decompress lumbar nerves.
Biportal endoscopy
Biportal endoscopy, also called unilateral biportal endoscopy or UBE, is a minimally invasive spine surgery technique that treats lumbar disc herniation and spinal stenosis through two small portals on one side of the back.
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.
Bone marrow stimulation
Bone marrow stimulation (BMS) is an arthroscopic surgical technique used for focal defects in the knee and ankle, involving drilling through the subchondral bone to release marrow cells.
Bone Plates
Bone plates: metallic implants fixed to fractured bones with screws for internal fixation (osteosynthesis). Evolved from Lane 1895 and Danis 1949 compression plating to modern locking plates; stainless steel or titanium.
Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafting
Bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) grafting, also called BTB, is ACL reconstruction using the central third patellar tendon with bone plugs; introduced by Jones in 1963, it offers superior stability and low failure rates but more anterior knee pain than hamstring grafts.
Bunionectomy
A bunionectomy is an operation that corrects hallux valgus by removing the bunion's bony bump and realigning the great-toe joint to relieve pain, with more than 150 described techniques.
Bursectomy
Bursectomy is a surgical procedure that removes an inflamed bursa, the fluid-filled sac that cushions bone against overlying soft tissue, reserved for bursitis unresponsive to rest, medication, aspiration, and injections.
Button fixation
Button fixation is a surgical technique in which a cortical button passed through a bone tunnel holds ligament or tendon grafts, used chiefly in ACL reconstruction.
Calcaneal osteotomy
A calcaneal osteotomy is a surgical cut of the heel bone (calcaneus) that realigns a flatfoot or cavovarus hindfoot, turning the Achilles tendon into a corrective force.
Cannulated screw fixation
Cannulated screw fixation is a surgical technique in which hollow screws are threaded over a guide wire, used mainly for femoral neck fractures and also scaphoid and small-bone fractures.
Capsular release
Capsular release is a surgical procedure, usually performed arthroscopically, that cuts a contracted joint capsule to restore range of motion and reduce pain, most often for frozen shoulder.
Capsular repair
Capsular repair is the surgical closure of the hip joint capsule incision at the end of hip arthroscopy, restoring stability; leaving it open raises revision and hip replacement risk.
Carpectomy
Carpectomy is a wrist operation that removes one or more carpal bones, most often the entire proximal row, to relieve pain in advanced wrist arthritis while preserving motion.
Cervical discectomy
Cervical discectomy is surgery that removes a damaged disc in the neck to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots, most often combined with fusion (ACDF).
Cervical laminectomy
Cervical laminectomy is a posterior surgical procedure that removes the spinous process and lamina of cervical vertebrae to decompress the spinal cord and nerve roots in the neck.
Cheilectomy
Cheilectomy is a joint-sparing operation for mild-to-moderate hallux rigidus, removing dorsal osteophytes and up to 30% of the metatarsal head to relieve pain and restore motion.
Chevron osteotomy
The chevron osteotomy is a V-shaped cut of the first metatarsal that shifts the bone's head sideways to correct hallux valgus, the bunion deformity, in mild to moderate cases.
Chondroplasty
Chondroplasty is an arthroscopic surgical procedure that smooths damaged joint cartilage to relieve pain and improve function; it is palliative and does not restore cartilage.
Closed Fracture Reduction
Closed fracture reduction: realigning a broken bone by manipulation without incision. Also called closed reduction or fracture reduction, closed. Used for distal radius, pediatric forearm, and femoral shaft nailing; higher union than open reduction but more malalignment and fluoroscopy.
Closed reduction
Closed reduction is a nonsurgical orthopedic procedure in which a fractured bone or dislocated joint is realigned by manual maneuver, usually followed by a cast or splint.
Collateral ligament reconstruction
Collateral ligament reconstruction is a surgical procedure that replaces a damaged knee collateral ligament with a tendon graft through bone tunnels, restoring valgus and varus stability.
Collateral ligament repair
Collateral ligament repair is a surgical procedure that reattaches a torn native collateral ligament to its bone attachment, preserving the patient's own tissue rather than using a tendon graft.
Coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction
Coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction is surgery that restores the conoid and trapezoid ligaments between the clavicle and coracoid, usually with a tendon graft, to treat acromioclavicular joint dislocation.
Core decompression
Core decompression is an orthopedic operation that drills channels into the femoral head to relieve pressure and preserve the joint in early-stage avascular necrosis, with a pooled success rate of 65%.
Corpectomy
A corpectomy is a spine operation that removes one or more vertebral bodies to decompress the spinal cord, then reconstructs the segment with a graft or cage.