Uvulotomy
{{Short description|Surgical removal of the uvula}}
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A uvulotomy or staphylotomy is any cutting operation performed on the uvula.Biology Online.
The procedure was performed in European medieval medicine. The Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson bled to death following such an operation.Finlay 2004, p. 133.
Uvulotomy is employed in folk medicine in Tigray.Ethnomed.
In the 19th century uvulotomy came to be used as a treatment for snoring.Oommen 1988, p. 18. See uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
Its CPT 2009 code is "42140, Uvulectomy".
References
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- 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}}
- [http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Uvulotomy Uvulotomy] Biology Online entry
- [http://ethnomed.org/cultures/tigrean/tig_cp.html Tigrean Cultural Profile] EthnoMed article
{{Procedures on the mouth and pharynx}}