Repositioning (medicine)
A repositioning ( Latin repositio ) is the return to an (approximately) normal position or normal position. The (transitive) verb is to reposition (something) .
The term is used in medicine for the following clinical pictures:
- Reduction of dislocated joints
- (see dislocation )
- Reduction of fractures
- This is understood to be the setting up of bone fractures , in which the fracture fragments are not in the correct position (but rather dislocated ). A distinction is made between:
- the closed reduction , in which the misalignment of the bone is corrected by pushing and pulling without surgery and
- the open reduction , in which the deformity is eliminated in the context of an operation. The position is often done using screws, plates, wires and the like. a. fixed (see also: osteosynthesis ).
- Reduction of hernias
- This is understood to mean pushing back in the case of pinched ( incarcerated ) hernias , e.g. B. the inguinal hernia ( inguinal hernia ). This procedure is usually only a first aid. In the case of fractures that tend to become trapped, there is usually an indication for surgical treatment in order to avoid further consequences.
- Incident repositioning
- In an incident ( prolapse ) of z. B. Hemorrhoids , rectum , vagina or other organs, a reduction may be necessary. Often this will only be temporary and surgical treatment will be necessary.