Uvulectomy

Uvulotomy

Uvulotomy

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A uvulotomy or staphylotomy is any cutting operation performed on the uvula.[1]

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The procedure was performed in European medieval medicine. The Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson bled to death following such an operation.[2]

Uvulotomy is employed in folk medicine in Tigray.[3]

In the 19th century uvulotomy came to be used as a treatment for snoring.[4] See uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

Its CPT 2009 code is "42140, Uvulectomy".

References

  1. [1]
    Biology Online.
  2. [2]
    Finlay 2004, p. 133.
  3. [3]
    Ethnomed.
  4. [4]
    Oommen 1988, p. 18.
  • Finlay, Alison (editor and translator) (2004). Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-13172-8
  • Mathew, Oommen P. et al. (1988). Respiratory Function of the Upper Airway'. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 0-8247-7802-2
  • Uvulotomy Biology Online entry
  • Tigrean Cultural Profile EthnoMed article
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