Type of Surgery This video contains an artist's representation
of what bone looks like at the microscopic level. While many
think that bone is simply a solid piece of calcium, it is
actually a living, changing tissue with blood vessels and
various small areas of open space. Arthroplasty (literally
"formation of joint") is an operative procedure of orthopaedic
surgery performed, in which the arthritic or dysfunctional joint
surface is replaced with something better or by remodeling or
realigning the joint by osteotomy or some other procedure.
Previously, a popular form of arthroplasty was interpositional
arthroplasty with interposition of some other tissue like skin,
muscle or tendon to keep inflammatory surfaces apart or
excisional arthroplasty in which the joint surface and bone was
removed leaving scar tissue to fill in the gap. Other forms of
arthroplasty include resection(al) arthroplasty, resurfacing
arthroplasty, mold arthroplasty, cup arthroplasty, silicone
replacement arthroplasty, etc. Osteotomy to r