osteorrhaphy

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ -rrhaphy.

Noun

osteorrhaphy

1. (rare, medicine) Synonym of osteosuture.
   • 1944, Filip Pålsson, “Palsson, F. (1944). Orthopaedic Treatment of Fractures of the Lower Jaw in Children: With Special Reference to Two Cases treated in Children under Two Years of Age”, in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, volume 5, number 2, →DOI, page 33:

     Good results are seldom obtained by wiring the bone fragments, i. e., a uniting of the fractured pieces by means of wire sutures (osteorrhaphy). Wire sutures generally hamper a normal healing of the fracture, because they act as a foreign body, delay consolidation and quite often lead to necrosis and sequestrum.

   • 1987, Yoshiharu Kawano, “Three Dimensional Analysis of the Face in Respect of Zygomatic Fractures and Evaluation of the Surgery with the Aid of Moiré Topography”, in Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, volume 15, →DOI, page 72:

     At our hospital, the temporal approach is most frequently employed, but osteorrhaphy by exposing the fracture site is also performed depending on the indications.

   • 2017 October 20, Chengchong Ai, Dandan Sheng, Jun Chen, Jiangyu Cai, Siheng Wang, Jia Jiang, Shiyi Chen, “Surface modification of vascular endothelial growth factor-loaded silk fibroin to improve biological performance of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene via promoting angiogenesis”, in International Journal of Nanomedicine, volume 12, →DOI, page 7737:

     Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is commonly used as the load-bearing materials of bone implants such as hip prosthesis, sutures in osteorrhaphy, and synthetic ligaments.