English Explanatory Dictionary

Ilizarov apparatus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device used in surgical procedures to lengthen or reshape limb bones; to treat complex and/or open bone fractures; and in cases of infected non-unions of bones that are not amenable to other techniques.

Word forms

Ilizarov apparatus Ilizarov apparatuses

Etymology

Named after the orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Ilizarov, who pioneered the technique.

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