Distraction osteogenesis, also called callus distraction or osteodistraction, is a surgical procedure used in orthopedic surgery, podiatric surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery to repair skeletal deformities and lengthen bone as part of reconstructive surgery. The technique works by cutting the bone and then slowly separating the two segments over time, allowing the body's own bone healing process to fill the resulting gap with new bone tissue.
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How does lengthening a bone by distraction compare with the way a broken bone heals?
It resembles fracture healing, with its own distinctive features during the distraction phase.
Distraction osteogenesis biologically resembles fracture healing, with distinctive characteristics notably in the distraction phase. The early latency phase of bone lengthening is like the inflammatory phase of fracture repair, in that interleukins are released and act with growth factors released from platelets.
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Distraction osteogenesis (DO), also called callus distraction, callotasis and osteodistraction, is a process used in orthopedic surgery, podiatric surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery to repair skeletal deformities and in reconstructive surgery.
Section: History (origin-year)
The procedure was first proposed by Bernhard von Langenbeck in 1869, but the first publication of efforts to implement it clinically was by Alessandro Codivilla in 1905.
Treats: Craniosynostosis, Medical uses
It was originally used to treat problems like unequal leg length, but since the 1980s is most commonly used to treat issues like hemifacial microsomia, micrognathism (chin so small it causes health problems), craniofrontonasal dysplasias, craniosynostosis, as well as airway obstruction in babies caused by glossoptosis (tongue recessed too far back in the mouth) or
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