The surgery can help treat problems affecting various joints, including the knee, hip, spine, and jaw. Osteotomy may also help treat conditions such as osteoarthritis or spinal deformities.

If the osteotomy is going to be done on a bone in the lower half of your body, you may be able to choose a spinal tap instead. This allows you to stay awake for the surgery but feel numb below ...

Three-column osteotomy for adult spinal deformity may be associated with neurologic complications. However, risk of neurologic complications should not deter surgeons from performing three-column ...

Studies have found few major complications with osteotomy. How it’s done: Your surgeon makes a small cut in your back and places screws in your spine where a rod will be set. This is to take ...

Surgeons use metal screws, rods, or plates to hold the vertebrae in place during the fusion. Spine Osteotomy Surgeons perform a spine osteotomy to cut out a part of the vertebral column. This allows ...

Spinal osteotomy means removal of spinal bone material. For AS, spinal osteotomy is used to correct abnormal spine curves, lessen pain, and improve your quality of life. During spinal fusion ...

Full mobility is usually regained after the fusion process is completed. Spinal osteotomy for spine deformity & lower back pain Spinal deformity correction surgery with osteotomy is an option when ...

PHOENIX — Despite a few limitations to its use, the posterior osteotomy can provide surgeons with a variety of methods to correct spinal deformity that is sagittal, coronal or both, according to ...

He recently led the effort to bring computer-assisted knee replacement technology to Hampton Roads and is breaking new ground in the field of spinal osteotomy. He is a prolific author and researcher, ...