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  2. List of orthopedic implants - Wikipedia

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    Insall Burstein prosthesis : for total knee replacement [22] Richard N.W. Wohns interspinous implant and implantation instrument intended to be implanted between two adjacent dorsal spines [23] Kirschner wire for fixation of small bones [24] Kuntscher nail for fracture of the shaft of the femur [25] Luque rod: for fixation of the spine [26]

  3. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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    Knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability, most commonly offered when joint pain is not diminished by conservative sources. [ 1][ 2] It may also be performed for other knee diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

  4. Joint replacement - Wikipedia

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    Joint replacement is a procedure of orthopedic surgery known also as arthroplasty, in which an arthritic or dysfunctional joint surface is replaced with an orthopedic prosthesis. Joint replacement is considered as a treatment when severe joint pain or dysfunction is not alleviated by less-invasive therapies. Joint replacement surgery is often ...

  5. Osteotomy - Wikipedia

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    An osteotomy is a surgical operation whereby a bone is cut to shorten or lengthen it or to change its alignment. It is sometimes performed to correct a hallux valgus, or to straighten a bone that has healed crookedly following a fracture. It is also used to correct a coxa vara, genu valgum, and genu varum. The operation is done under a general ...

  6. Osseointegration - Wikipedia

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    Osseointegration (from Latin osseus "bony" and integrare "to make whole") is the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant ("load-bearing" as defined by Albrektsson et al. in 1981). A more recent definition (by Schroeder et al.) defines osseointegration as "functional ...

  7. Orthopedic surgery - Wikipedia

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    As well as the standard total knee replacement surgery, the unicompartmental knee replacement, in which only one weight-bearing surface of an arthritic knee is replaced, may be performed, [25] but it bears a significant risk of revision surgery. [26] Joint replacements are used for other joints, most commonly the hip [27] or shoulder. [28]

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