Paragraph Number

49

Various conditions may adversely affect skeletal joints such as the injury, disease, deterioration, elongation, shortening, or rupture of soft tissues, cartilage, and/or bone associated with the joint and consequent laxity, pain, loss of movement, and/or deformity. As mentioned, a variety of procedures can be used to address these conditions, including: various osteotomy procedures, joint fusion procedures, fracture fixation procedures, joint resurfacing procedures, implants, joint spacers, and the like. Such procedures can be performed throughout the body and on various joints of the body.

Added by DJM 2 2022