arthrotomy

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ar·throt·o·my

(är-thrŏt′ə-mē)

n. pl. ar·throt·o·mies

Surgical incision into a joint.

Translations

artrotomia

ar·throt·o·my

n. artrotomía, incisión en una articulación con fines terapéuticos.

References in periodicals archive ?

On the patient's most recent admission, the knee had multiple surgical scars from previous arthrotomies for bacterial septic arthritis and ankylosis at 80o of flexion, and was painful (Fig.

Extraspinal osteoarticular multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children: A case series

We separately evaluated the 40 knees with traumatic arthrotomies (Table 2).

Open knee joint injuries: an evidence-based approach to management

All arthrotomies and incision and drainage procedures were performed at our centre.

Haematogenous pyogenic bone and joint sepsis--reducing avoidable morbidity

Outerbridge originally classified these defects, in the 1960s, based on their gross appearance during arthrotomies.