What Is the Difference Between Osteotomy and Ostectomy?

With the use of microsurgical techniques, the size of the ostectomy should not exceed 5 mm in order to reduce the healing time and thus improve the prognosis of periapical surgery. Osteotomy is an alternative technique that allows preservation of the external cortical bone, but has been little studied.

What is an ostectomy?

Medical Definition of ostectomy

: surgical removal of all or part of a bone.

What is being removed during a ostectomy?

An FHO, or femoral head ostectomy, is a surgical procedure that aims to restore pain-free mobility to a diseased or damaged hip, by removing the head and neck of the femur (the long leg bone or thighbone).