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

References
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