Osteotomy synonyms

Sometimes the bone around the old femoral implant has to be cut into sections before being removed, in a process called an osteotomy.

There is no difference in the reported clinical results of medial displacement posterior calcaneal osteotomy and lateral column lengthening.

Proximal metatarsal osteotomy will give a good correction of the deformity combined with a distal soft tissue correction of the deformity combined with a distal soft tissue correction.

A combined posterior medial displacement calcaneal osteotomy and Evans osteotomy was used, with transfer of FDL to the medial cuneiform and TA lengthening.

One common operation is known as an osteotomy of the first metatarsal.