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Volkovich resection

Resection (N. M. Volkovich, the Soviet surgeon, 1858-1928) – the resection of a knee joint which is carried out at tubercular or purulent you drive Volkovich, representing excision by the whole block of the joint ends of bones and capsules (without its opening).

 
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