Glossary
Fracture: A fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage. Fractures are also named by the trauma event that cause the bone breakage.Trauma: An injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent.
Osteoporosis: A disease in which bones become thin, weak and are easily fractured.
X-rays: High-energy radiation with waves shorter than those of visible light. X-rays possess the properties of penetrating most substances (to varying extents), of acting on a photographic film or plate (permitting radiography), and of causing a fluorescent screen to give off light (permitting fluoroscopy). In low doses, X-rays are used for making images that help to diagnose disease, and in high doses to treat cancer. Formerly called a Roentgen ray.
MRI: A painless method using magnetic fields for taking pictures of internal organs.
CT: This is a X- ray procedure enhanced by computer, the results are three dimensioned scan through a body part showing bone and body tissue.
Pain: An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild localized discomfort to agony. Pain has both physical and emotional components.
Opiates: A drug that is used to treat pain
Tumor: A pathological tissue growth, characterized by uncontrolled multiplication of cells.
Orthopedics: Orthopedics is a branch of medicine, which is related to diagnosis and treatment of diseases of Musculo-skeletal system.
Bone Graft: Bone grafting, a surgical procedure used to restore the diseased bone.
Allograft: Allograft is the transplant of organ or tissue or cells from the donor to the recipient of the same species but genetically non-identical
Autograft: Autograft is a tissue or organ graft from one part of the patient’s body to another part of the same body.
