exarticulation

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Luxation

   Luxation; the dislocation of a joint

   • It was a case of exarticulation, or compound luxation of the os-innominatum and sacrum, the exarticulation extending about half way down the bone, and the fracture from thence irregularly to the greater sacro-ischiatic notch.
2. 2

   The action, or the result of exarticulating

   • Three cases were then related in which amputation at the middle of the thigh had been followed by osteomyelitis in the stump, but in which cures had been obtained without exarticulation.
   • The operation of exarticulation presents the following advantages over amputation performed in the continuity of the diseased bure in cases of osteo-myelitis:
   • Even after early amputation and exarticulation one soon sees recurrence and lung metastases.

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