Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Incision into the periosteum, usually to relieve tension when the subjacent bone is inflamed.
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In case of further failure there is a reserve of certain special operations which have been tried and recommended, among which those of cunean tenotomy, periosteotomy, the division of nervous branches, etc., may be mentioned.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Other modes of treatment for splints are recommended and practiced which belong strictly to the domain of operative veterinary surgery; among these are to be reckoned actual cauterization, or the application of the fire iron and the operation of periosteotomy.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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