or an osteotomy—a radical surgery involving breaking and realigning a bone to alleviate joint pressure. Embiid has already missed 19 of Philadelphia’s 56 games this season, and the team is ...

Joint resurfacing removes the worn parts of the joint and leaves more bone than a total joint replacement. An osteotomy cuts and removes some bone so the joint lines up better and doesn't hurt as ...

or even the ominous-sounding osteotomy, in which doctors break a bone in the hip to realign the joint to alleviate pressure," Marcus Hayes of Philly Inquirer reported (h/t NBA Central).