#joint surgery
- Ankylotome — A specialized surgical instrument (a curved or grooved knife) used in the past for sectioning fibrous structures, rigid tendons, or cicatricial bridges that blocked joint mobility (a procedure associated with the archaic surgical treatment of ankylosis).
- Ankylotomy — A historical surgical intervention or reconstructive technique consisting of the sectioning of fibrous bridges, retracted ligaments, calcified joint capsules, or rigid tendons, performed to release a pathologically locked joint and partially or fully restore its functional mobility.