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| Term | Definition |
| Above Knee Amputation | Amputation where the leg is removed from the body at a level above the knee, but below the hip joint. |
| Allograft | Transplanted tissues from one person to another. The tissue comes from a deceased donor |
| Aseptic necrosis | Death of bone NOT caused by infection |
| Autograft | Tissue transplanted from one part of the body to another in the same individual. |
| Below Knee Amputation | Amputation where the leg is removed from the body below the knee, but above the ankle joint. |
| Benign | Noncancerous growth. These tumors have little or no likelihood of spreading to other portions of the body (metastasizing). |
| Bone Stimulator | Ultrasound or electric stimulation to accelerate bone healing |
| Bone transplant | To fill in defects, replace loose bone, and help with structural support. In bone transplant procedures involving cancer, the diseased bone is surgically removed and cadaver bone is transplanted |
| Chondroblastoma | Is a rare, benign (noncancerous) bone tumor comprised of cells that produce cartilage. It is usually found in the end of long bones, usually of the lower extremity |
| Chondrosarcoma | Cartilage cell cancer |
| Club foot | A birth defect in which the foot is twisted in (inverted) and down. Without treatment, persons afflicted often appear to walk on their ankles, or on the sides of their feet. It is a common birth defect, occurring in about one in every 1,000 live births. Approximately 50% of cases of clubfoot are bilateral. |
| Congenital | Medical condition that is present at birth |
| Enchondroma | Is one type of benign (non-cancereous) cartilage tumor that appears on the inside of the bone. |
| Ewing's Sarcoma | Bone or soft tissue cancer |
| External fixator | Fracture fixation that is outside the limb, an example is the Taylor Spatial Frame |
| Femoral head | Ball-shaped top of the femur (thigh bone) that fits into the hip socket |
| Hemangiomas | Hemangiomas are benign tumors that consist of numerous small blood vessels. |
| Hip Disarticulation | Amputation of the leg where the entire leg, to the femoral head is removed. Separation of the leg from the body is through the hip joint. |
| Ilizarov | An apparatus that is used in a surgical procedure to lengthen or reshape limb bones. Also refered to as a Taylor Spatial Frame. |
| Intra-arterial chemotherapy | Chemotherapy that is directly placed into the tumor through an artery that goes into the tumor. |
| Joint prothesis | Replacement of the natural components fo the joint with artificial implants in order to improve function and/or decrease pain. |
| Legg-Calve-Perthes disease | Temporary condition in children in which the ball-shaped head of the thigh bone, referred to as the femoral head, loses its blood supply |
| Limb prothesis | An artificial extension that replaces a missing body part |
| Lipomas | Lipomas are benign tumors that are comprised of fat. |
| Liposarcoma | Liposarcoma is a malignancy of fat cells |
| Malignant fibrous histiocytoma | Is a type of cancer that is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of late adult life, most commonly occuring between ages 50 - 70 |
| Malunion | Faulty union of the fragment of a fractured bone |
| Nonunion | Permanent failure of healing following a broken bone |
| Ollier's disease | Is a condition that is characterized by multiple enchondromas (noncancerous cartliage tumors) throughout the skeleton
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| Osteomyelitis | Infection of the bone |
| Osteonecrosis | Bone death, bone cell death commonly seen in joints, also known as Avascular necrosis (AVN) |
| Radiation therapy | Is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignangt cells (not to be confused with radiology, the use of radiation in medical imaging and diagnosis) |
| Repiphysis | Expandable (growing) prosthesis for tibia, femur or humerus in children - Repiphysis |
| Rotationplasty | Amputation of the leg through the thigh bone and the lower leg bone (tibia). The remaining lower leg is turned and reattached to the thigh bone, and the ankle becomes the knee. A prosthesis is then fit to the leg, over the foot/ankle. This is not a procedure that is typically done at The Denver Clinic. |
| Vascularized fibular graft | Is a surgical procedure designed to produce new blood supply to a bone that has lost it\'s blood supply (as in avascular necrosis) or where there is a loss of a segment of bone. |
