Rotationplasty

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of autograft in which a portion of an arm or leg is removed, while the remaining limb below the excised portion is rotated and reattached. countable, uncountable

    "The tibia is rotated 180° and fused to the femur Hillmann and colleagues published a report comparing endoprosthetic replacement to rotationplasty in 67 patients, both adults and children, with malignant tumours of the distal femur or proximal tibia."

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borggreve rotationvan nes rotation

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"The tibia is rotated 180° and fused to the femur Hillmann and colleagues published a report comparing endoprosthetic replacement to rotationplasty in 67 patients, both adults and children, with malignant tumours of the distal femur or proximal tibia."

Etymology

From rotation + -plasty.

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