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Percutaneous surgical approach is mainly used for releasing the common extensor tendon origin at the lateral epicondyle. This technique has been demonstrated to be safe, reliable, and cost-effective [ 10 ] [ 61 ] Good midterm outcomes in pain relief have been widely reported with a percutaneous surgical approach. [ 10 ]
A tenotomy is a surgical act which involves the division of a tendon. [1] It and related procedures are also referred to as tendon release , tendon lengthening , and heel-cord release . When it involves the Achilles tendon , it is called "Achillotenotomy".
Gastrostomy (Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) · Gastroduodenostomy · Gastroenterostomy · Ileostomy · Jejunostomy · Colostomy · Cholecystostomy · Hepatoportoenterostomy · Sigmoidostomy: Uvulotomy · Myotomy (Heller myotomy · Pyloromyotomy) · Anal sphincterotomy · Lateral internal sphincterotomy
One of the first surgical procedures developed was percutaneous tenotomy. This involved cutting a tendon, originally the Achilles tendon, to help treat deformities alongside bracing and exercises. In the late 1800s and first decades of the 1900s, significant controversy arose about whether orthopedics should include surgical procedures at all.
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Medical ultrasound includes diagnostic techniques (mainly imaging techniques) using ultrasound, as well as therapeutic applications of ultrasound. In diagnosis, it is used to create an image of internal body structures such as tendons, muscles, joints, blood vessels, and internal organs, to measure some characteristics (e.g., distances and velocities) or to generate an informative audible sound.