the branch of surgery concerned with bone repair or bone grafting
osteoplasty in American English
(ˈɑstiəˌplæsti)
noun
Surgery
plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss
Word origin
[1860–65; osteo- + -plasty]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blind spot, calibrate, mutualism, raider, trade nameosteo- is a combining form meaning “bone,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix osteo- include: osteochondrosis, osteocyte, osteomyelitis, osteopathy, osteotomy; -plasty is a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plasticsurgery,” used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix-plasty include: angioplasty, galvanoplasty, heteroplasty
Examples of 'osteoplasty' in a sentence
osteoplasty
Embolization and cryoablation were performed in all patients, while osteoplasty was indicated in 6 cases.
Sri Hari Sundararajan, Steven Calamita, Peter Girgis, Gregory Ngo, Srirajkumar Ranganathan,Marisa Giglio, Vyacheslav Gendel, Sharad Goyal, John Nosher, Sudipta Roychowdhury 2019, 'Sequential Interventional Management of Osseous Neoplasms via Embolization, Cryoablation,and Osteoplasty', Journal of Oncologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5247837. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Half of the in situ fixation patients underwent osteoplasty procedure for femoroacetabular impingement and 5 more were symptomatic.
Sanjay Arora, Vivek Dutt, Thomas Palocaren, Vrisha Madhuri 2013, 'Slipped upper femoral epiphysis: Outcome after in situ fixation and capital realignmenttechnique', Indian Journal of Orthopaedicshttp://www.ijoonline.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5413;year=2013;volume=47;issue=3;spage=264;epage=271;aulast=Arora. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this study we have used the method of osteoplasty of the alveolar processes by means of mentalis autotransplants.
Dumitru Sirbu, Valentin Topalo, Ilie Suharschi, Oleg Zanoaga, Vadim Sinitin 2009, 'Osteoplasty Of The Maxillary Bone Defects Through Mentalis Autotransplants', Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitationhttp://www.rjor.ro/osteoplasty-of-the-maxillary-bone-defects-through-mentalis-autotransplants/?lang=ro. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was no difference in postprocedural pain intensity between patients who required osteoplasty and patients who did not (p = 0.7514).
Sri Hari Sundararajan, Steven Calamita, Peter Girgis, Gregory Ngo, Srirajkumar Ranganathan,Marisa Giglio, Vyacheslav Gendel, Sharad Goyal, John Nosher, Sudipta Roychowdhury 2019, 'Sequential Interventional Management of Osseous Neoplasms via Embolization, Cryoablation,and Osteoplasty', Journal of Oncologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5247837. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)