List of -otomies

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 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 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 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 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
• 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