ostectomy Surg.
(ɒˈstɛktəmɪ)
Also † osteectomy (ɒstɪˈɛktəmɪ).
[f. osteo- or osteo- + -ectomy.]
(See quots.)
| 1894 Gould Dict. Med. 946/1 Osteectomy, excision of a portion of bony tissue. 1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 465/2 Ostectomy, osteectomy, the excision of a bone. 1969 Gloss. Terms Dentistry (B.S.I.) 36 Ostectomy, the division of a bone at two points with removal of the intervening portion of bone. This procedure is, in effect, similar to a resection..but the term ‘ostectomy’ is reserved for operations designed to correct some structural deformity of a congenital, developmental, or acquired nature whereas ‘resection’ applies to the removal of diseased bone. 1977 Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 432/1 Bell & Dann (1973) found no changes in the surgically repositioned bone and only small changes in incisor overbite and overjet in 25 patients following anterior maxillary ostectomies and lower labial segmental procedures. |