Uvulotomy

Uvulotomy
Intervention
ICD-9-CM 27.7

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

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.

References

  1. ^ Biology Online.
  2. ^ Finlay 2004, p. 133.
  3. ^ Ethnomed.
  4. ^ Oommen 1988, p. 18.

CPT 2009 CODE

[CODE: 42140, Uvulectomy]