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Definition of Tenotomy

Tenotomy
Tenotomy Te*not"o*my, n. [Gr. te`nwn a tendon + te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.

Meaning of Tenotomy from wikipedia

- A tenotomy is a surgical act which involves the division of a tendon. It and related procedures are also referred to as tendon release, tendon lengthening...
- and is thus not ontogenetically related to the adductors. An adductor tenotomy (cutting the origin tendons of the adductor muscles of the thigh) and obturator...
- Tenotomy scissors are surgical scissors used to perform delicate surgery. They can be straight or curved, and blunt or sharp, depending upon necessity...
- Clinical trials of a surgery to treat nystagmus (known as tenotomy) concluded in 2001. Tenotomy is now being performed regularly at numerous centres around...
- deformity does not improve by the end of the casting phase, an Achilles tendon tenotomy can be performed. The procedure consists of a small posterior skin incision...
- children. One of the first surgical procedures developed was percutaneous tenotomy. This involved cutting a tendon, originally the Achilles tendon, to help...
- recent years, a new technique termed as ultrasound-guided percutaneous tenotomy has been reported as a safe and effective for the treatment of lateral...
- hoof wall growth and improve alignment of the wall. Deep digital flexor tenotomy Because the rotation of P3 is exacerbated by continued pull on the deep...
- Like the DDFT tenotomy, the inferior check ligament desmotomy may also be used to treat laminitis, and is less aggressive than a DDFT tenotomy. It is also...
- PMID 6468581. S2CID 36705348. Frost A, Zafar MS, Maffulli N (April 2009). "Tenotomy versus tenodesis in the management of pathologic lesions of the tendon...