List of -otomies

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

• Dichotomy
• False dichotomy
• Ousterhout's dichotomy
• Trichotomy
• Trichotomy property

See also

• List of surgical procedures
• List of -ectomies
• List of -otomies
• List of -ostomies

References