About OPM The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administers the Merit System of Personnel Administration and acts in both a service and regulatory capacity. OPM is headed by the Administrator, who is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Oklahoma State Senate. The Merit System Agencies, positions, and employees that are subject to the Merit System are classified.
More formally, chiroplasty, or cheiroplasty, is a term which refers to plastic surgery of the hands. The term combines root word chir(o), which means hand, and the suffix -plasty, which means surgical repair.
A hemiarthroplasty is an operation that is used most commonly to treat a fractured hip. The operation is similar to a total hip replacement, but it involves only half of the hip. (Hemi means half, and arthroplasty means joint replacement.) The hemiarthroplasty replaces only the ball portion of the hip joint, not the socket portion. In a total hip replacement, the socket is also replaced.