List of -otomies
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The suffix '-otomy' is derived from the Greek suffix τόμος, -tómos, "meaning cutting, sharp, or separate".
Medical procedures
- Amniotomy — An incision created to accelerate labor.
- Androtomy — Dissection of the human body .
- Bilateral cingulotomy — Psychosurgery, treatment for depression and addiction .
- Bronchotomy — A procedure that ensures there is an open airway between a patients lung/s and the outside world.
- Clitoridotomy — Plastic surgery of the clitorial hood.
- Coeliotomy — A large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity
- Colpotomy — Extraction of fluid from the pouch of Douglas (a rectouterine pouch[1] posterior to the vagina) through a needle
- Cordotomy — Procedure that disables selected pain-conducting tracts in the spinal cord, in order to achieve loss of pain and temperature perception
- Craniotomy — A bone flap is temporarily removed from the skull to access the brain
- Cricothyrotomy — An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations
- Escharotomy — Procedure used to treat full-thickness (third-degree) circumferential burns
- Episiotomy — Surgical incision of the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall
- Fasciotomy — Surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure commonly to treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle
- Heller myotomy — Muscles of the cardia (lower oesophageal sphincter or LOS) are cut, allowing food and liquids to pass to the stomach
- Hymenotomy — Surgical removal or opening of the hymen
- Hysterotomy — Incision in the uterus, and is performed during a Caesarean section
- Laminotomy — The partial removal (or by making a larger opening) of the lamina.
- Laparotomy — Large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity
- Lithotomy position — Medical term referring to a common position for surgical procedures and medical examinations involving the pelvis and lower abdomen
- Lobotomy — Cutting or scraping away most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain.
- Meatotomy — Form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split
- Myotomy — Procedure in which muscle is cut.
- Osteotomy — A bone is cut to shorten or lengthen it or to change its alignment
- Phlebotomy — An incision in a vein with a needle
- Pulpotomy — Removal of a portion of the pulp, including the diseased aspect
- Radial keratotomy — a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia
- Sphincterotomy — Treating mucosal fissures from the anal canal/sphincter
- Thoracotomy — Incision into the pleural space of the chest
- Thyrotomy — Incision of the larynx through the thyroid cartilage
- Tracheotomy — An incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe)
- Trans-orbital lobotomy — Cutting or scraping away most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain
Other -otomies
See also
- List of surgical procedures
- List of -ectomies
- List of -otomies
- List of -ostomies