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Subtraction osteotomy
Subtraction osteotomy, also called closing wedge osteotomy, is a bone-cutting procedure that removes a wedge of bone so the segments close together, realigning and shortening it.
Superior capsular reconstruction
Superior capsular reconstruction is an arthroscopic shoulder technique, first reported clinically in 2013, that uses a graft to rebuild the superior capsule in massive irreparable rotator cuff tears.
Superior capsule reconstruction
Superior capsule reconstruction is a shoulder surgery for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears, using a tendon graft as a hammock to stabilize the humeral head, reduce pain, and restore motion.
Supramalleolar osteotomy
Supramalleolar osteotomy is a joint-preserving orthopedic procedure that cuts and realigns the tibia just above the ankle to shift load onto preserved cartilage in asymmetric ankle arthritis.
Surgery for idiopathic scoliosis
Surgery for idiopathic scoliosis is the operative correction of an unexplained lateral spinal curvature, by spinal fusion or, in growing children, growth-friendly implants; curves over 40° typically warrant surgery.
Suspensory fixation
Suspensory fixation is a surgical technique that anchors a ligament graft to the far cortex with a button and suture loop, popular in ACL reconstruction.
Suture anchor fixation
Suture anchor fixation is a surgical technique that reattaches tendon or ligament to bone using an implanted anchor carrying sutures, used in rotator cuff repair.
Suture button fixation
Suture button fixation is a surgical technique stabilizing the ankle syndesmosis with two metal buttons joined by a suture, introduced in 2005 as a dynamic alternative to screws.
Tendon reconstruction
Tendon reconstruction is an orthopedic and hand surgery procedure that rebuilds a damaged tendon with a graft, usually when repair is impossible more than 3 weeks after injury.
Tendon repair
Tendon repair, including flexor tendon repair, is the surgical treatment to restore a severed or injured tendon, using core and epitendinous sutures with early motion.
Tendon transfer
Tendon transfer is a surgical procedure that reroutes a working muscle-tendon unit to a new insertion, restoring movement lost to nerve palsy, tendon rupture, or paralysis.
Tenodesis
Tenodesis is a surgical procedure in which a tendon is reattached to bone, used in the shoulder to secure a diseased or torn biceps tendon.
Tenotomy
Tenotomy is a surgical procedure that cuts a tendon to lengthen or release the muscle-tendon unit, correcting deformities such as clubfoot, spastic hips in cerebral palsy, and diabetic toe ulcers.
Tension band wiring
Tension band wiring (TBW) is a surgical technique that converts tensile forces into compression across a fracture, used most often for patella and olecranon fractures.
Themistocles Gluck
Themistocles Gluck (1853–1942) was a German surgeon who performed the first total joint replacements in Berlin in 1890, using hinged ivory prostheses fixed with an early bone cement.
Total disc replacement
Total disc replacement, also called disc arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure that replaces a damaged spinal disc with an artificial implant that preserves motion, an alternative to spinal fusion.
Transforaminal discectomy
Transforaminal discectomy, also called TELD or PTED, is a minimally invasive spine operation that removes herniated lumbar disc material through the neural foramen to relieve radicular leg pain.
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) is a spinal fusion technique that inserts a bone graft or cage into a lumbar disc space through a unilateral posterolateral approach.
Transpedicular fixation
Transpedicular fixation is a spinal instrumentation technique in which screws passed through the pedicles into the vertebral bodies are connected by rods to stabilize spinal segments, usually alongside fusion.
Trapeziectomy
Trapeziectomy is a hand surgical procedure that removes the trapezium, one of the wrist's carpal bones, to relieve pain from arthritis at the base of the thumb.
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a surgical procedure that resurfaces only the damaged compartment of the knee with a partial prosthesis, preserving the cruciate ligaments and native bone.
Valgus osteotomy
A valgus osteotomy is surgery that cuts and realigns a bone into a more outward-angled position, used for hip conditions like coxa vara and Perthes disease.
Vertebral column resection
Vertebral column resection (VCR) is a spinal deformity operation that removes one or more vertebrae to correct severe rigid scoliosis and kyphosis, the highest-risk spinal osteotomy.
Vertebrectomy
Vertebrectomy is the surgical removal of a complete vertebra, usually because it contains a tumor, followed by reconstruction of the spinal column with implants and grafts.
Vertebroplasty
Vertebroplasty, also called percutaneous vertebroplasty, is a procedure injecting bone cement into a fractured vertebral body to stabilize the spine and relieve pain, used mainly for painful osteoporotic compression fractures.
Viscosupplementation
Viscosupplementation is the injection of hyaluronic acid into a joint, most often the knee, to relieve osteoarthritis pain; it is widely used despite most guidelines recommending against it.
Wedge osteotomy
Wedge osteotomy is a procedure that removes or opens a wedge of bone to realign a limb or spine, used most often around the knee for arthritis.
Wrist arthroplasty
Wrist arthroplasty, also called total wrist arthroplasty (TWA), is a surgical procedure that replaces the arthritic wrist joint with an artificial implant, relieving pain while preserving some motion.