Uvulotomy

Uvulotomy

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.

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References

* 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


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