Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures Related to the Skeletal System

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Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures Related to
the Skeletal System

• Medical Terminology

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Diagnostic Procedures

• Arthrocentesis
• Arthroscopy
• Bone density testing
• Bone marrow biopsy
• Bone scan

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Diagnostic Procedures

• Dual x-ray absorptiometry
• Ultrasonic bone density testing
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Radiographs

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Treatment Procedures

• Medicines
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
• Acetaminophen
• COX-2 inhibitors

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Bone Marrow Transplants

• AKA Stem cell transplant
• Used to treat certain types of cancers
• Cancer and patients bone marrow are destroyed
• Healthy bone marrow cells are transfused into
  patients blood

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Types of Transplants

• Autologous
• Uses patients own bone marrow cells
• Allogenic
• Uses bone marrow of a donor
• There is a danger of rejection
• Cord Blood
• Source of stem cells for transfusion

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Joints

• Arthroscopic surgery
• Bursectomy
• Chondroplasty
• Synovectomy

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Joints

• Arthrodesis
• Arthrolysis
• Periosteotomy

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Joint Replacement

• Arthroplasty
• Prosthesis (implant)
• Total knee replacement
• Partial knee replacement
• Total hip replacement
• Revision surgery

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Spinal Column

• Diskectomy
• Percutaneous diskectomy
• Laminectomy
• Spinal fusion

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Bones

• Craniectomy
• Craniotomy
• Cranioplasty
• Osteoclasis

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Bones

• Ostectomy
• Osteoplasty
• Osteorrhaphy
• Osteotomy

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Treatment of Fractures

• Manipulation (closed reduction)
• Traction
• Immobilization (stabilization)
• External fixation
• Internal fixation