tenotomy

{{Short description|Surgical procedure in which a tendon is cut}}

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A tenotomy is a surgical act which involves the division of a tendon.{{cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?tenotomy |title=Definition: tenotomy from Online Medical Dictionary }} It and related procedures are also referred to as tendon release, tendon lengthening, and heel-cord release.

When it involves the Achilles tendon, it is called "Achillotenotomy".{{cn|date=February 2022}}

It has been used in the treatment of cerebral palsy.{{cite journal |vauthors=Terjesen T, Lie GD, Hyldmo AA, Knaus A |title=Adductor tenotomy in spastic cerebral palsy. A long-term follow-up study of 78 patients |journal=Acta Orthop |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=128–37 |date=February 2005 |pmid=15788321 |doi=10.1080/00016470510030454 |doi-access= }}

It has also been used for hammer toe.{{cite journal |vauthors=Ross ER, Menelaus MB |title=Open flexor tenotomy for hammer toes and curly toes in childhood |journal=J Bone Joint Surg Br |volume=66 |issue=5 |pages=770–1 |date=November 1984 |doi=10.1302/0301-620X.66B5.6501376 |pmid=6501376 |url=http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=6501376|url-access=subscription }}

As an alternative to SLAP lesion labral repair, the tendon of the long head of the bicep can be released.{{Cite journal|last1=Mollon|first1=Brent|last2=Mahure|first2=Siddharth A.|last3=Ensor|first3=Kelsey L.|last4=Zuckerman|first4=Joseph D.|last5=Kwon|first5=Young W.|last6=Rokito|first6=Andrew S.|date=2016-10-01|title=Subsequent Shoulder Surgery After Isolated Arthroscopic SLAP Repair|journal=Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery|volume=32|issue=10|pages=1954–1962.e1|doi=10.1016/j.arthro.2016.01.053|issn=1526-3231|pmid=27083535}}

Achilles tenotomy is commonly used as part of the Ponseti Method of treating clubfoot.{{cn|date=February 2022}}