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se·ques·trum

 (sĭ-kwĕs′trəm)
n. pl. se·ques·tra (-trə)
A fragment of dead bone separated from healthy bone as a result of injury or disease.
[Latin, deposit, from neuter of sequester, depositary, trustee; see sekw- in Indo-European roots.]

sequestrum

(sɪˈkwɛstrəm)
n, pl -tra (-trə)
(Pathology) pathol a detached piece of necrotic bone that often migrates to a wound, abscess, etc. See sequester
[C19: from New Latin, from Latin: something deposited;]
seˈquestral adj
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se·ques·trum

n. sequestrum, secuestro, fragmento de un hueso necrosado que se separa de un hueso sano adyacente.
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Outcome after lumbar sequestrectomy compared with microdiscectomy: a prospective randomized study.
STANDARD LUMBAR DISCECTOMY VERSUS MICRODISCECTOMY--DIFFERENCES IN CLINICAL OUTCOME AND REOPERATION RATE
The patient was readmitted four months later for tibial sequestrectomy (Figure 2 c, d and e).
Coverage of extensive tibial bone exposure in burn patients with three local flaps
One case required sequestrectomy at later followup.
A study on functional outcome of Ilizarov fixation in the management of infected nonunion of long bones
Conservative surgery with sequestrectomy and debridement was performed.
FUNGAL OSTEOMYELITIS OF ZYGOMATICO-MAXILLARY COMPLEX: A CASE REPORT HIGHLIGHTING CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DIABETIC PATIENTS
Based on the clinical and radiological findings (Figure 1), a diagnosis of bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) was made and sequestrectomy performed.
Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw
All patients were managed under general anesthesia for involucrum sequestrectomy followed by primary closure.
Diabetes mellitus and osteomyelitis of the jaws
Sequestrectomy with curettage was done and the specimen was sent for biopsy which revealed inflammatory tissue containing Langhan's giant cells and granulomatous inflammatory infiltrate.
Extensive osteomyelitis of humerus following bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination
Predominance of the long period of disease in the basic group was associated with the chronic recurrent hematogenous osteomyelitis; in this occasion it had been carried out sequestrectomy of the injured bone.
The surgical treatment of chronic recurrent hematogenous osteomyelitis in children
All patients on oral BIS were managed with sequestrectomy (removal of exfoliated bone); none had to have resection of the affected area.
Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw: A literature review and clinical practice guidelines
A 10-year-old 24 kg male patient with restricted mouth-opening presented to us for orbital sequestrectomy following an injury to his right eye and zygoma in an accident.
Anaesthesia for a patient with congenital methaemoglobinaemia and temporomandibular joint ankylosis

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