Augmentation (medicine)
Under augmentation is understood in sports medicine , traumatology and orthopedics a therapeutic method. Foreign materials are used that support ligaments or tendons in their function in order to enable functional therapy. The augmentation can be performed surgically , for example with plastic or metal implants, or conservatively with a tape bandage .
Augmentation is also understood to mean physical enlargements, such as breast enlargements or
- the combination of several drugs to increase their effectiveness; Example: lithium augmentation in lithium therapy or
- the increase in blood pressure in the aorta due to pulse wave reflection .
In dentistry , augmentation is understood to mean the reconstruction of degraded jawbones using one's own bone or foreign material, in particular to create enough bone so that a dental prosthesis can be stabilized on the alveolar ridge or a dental implant can be inserted. Augmentation procedures are also used in periodontics to rebuild alveolar bones that have been degraded by periodontitis .
Individual evidence
- ^ HH Pässler: New Techniques - Knee Surgery. Birkhäuser, 2002, ISBN 3-7985-1227-2 , p. 73, (online)
- ↑ J. Durst: Traumatologische Praxis: in one volume: Standards in diagnostics and therapy for all specialist areas. Schattauer Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-7945-1587-0 , p. 537ff.
- ↑ J. Durst: Traumatologische Praxis: in one volume: Standards in diagnostics and therapy for all specialist areas. Schattauer Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-7945-1587-0 , pp. 24-26. (on-line)
- ↑ DeGAG, pulse wave reflection ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 193 kB).
