Osteorrhaphy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of osteosuture. rare
"Good results are seldom obtained by wiring the bone fragments, i. e., a uniting of the fractured pieces by means of wire sutures (osteorrhaphy). Wire sutures generally hamper a normal healing of the fracture, because they act as a foreign body, delay consolidation and quite often lead to necrosis and sequestrum."
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More examples"Good results are seldom obtained by wiring the bone fragments, i. e., a uniting of the fractured pieces by means of wire sutures (osteorrhaphy). Wire sutures generally hamper a normal healing of the fracture, because they act as a foreign body, delay consolidation and quite often lead to necrosis and sequestrum."
Etymology
From osteo- + -rrhaphy.
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