Glomectomy

{{Short description|Surgical procedure}}

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A glomectomy is an excision of a glomus body or a glomus cell, usually in the case of a glomus tumor. This operation was formerly performed for the treatment of severe, chronic asthma,{{cite journal|last=Overholt|first=RH|title=Glomectomy for Asthma|journal=Chest|volume=40|issue=6|pages=605–10|year=1961|pmid=14482856|doi=10.1378/chest.40.6.605}} but has since been abandoned for this purpose due to its lack of efficacy.{{cite journal|title=Glomectomy For Asthma: 'No Benefits'|journal=JAMA|volume=197|issue=2|pages=32|year=1966|doi=10.1001/jama.1966.03110020018006}}{{cite journal|last1=Segal|first1=MS|last2=Dulfano|first2=MJ|title=Glomectomy in the Treatment of Chronic Bronchial Asthma — A Report of Fifteen Unsuccessful Cases|journal=N Engl J Med|volume=272|issue=2|pages=57–63|year=1965|doi=10.1056/NEJM196501142720201|pmid=14223123}}