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Valvotomy
A valvulotomy, valvotomy,TheFreeDictionary > valvotomyCiting: WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. valvuloplasty, or valvoplasty is a procedure used in heart valve surgery that consists of Commissurotomy, making one or more incisions at the edges of the commissure formed between the two (mitral valve), or three tricuspid valve, tricuspid valve leaflets. This relieves the constriction of stenosis#Valvular, valvular stenosis (especially mitral valve stenosis). As with many other kinds of surgery, a valvulotomy may be carried out using by either open surgery, open or minimally invasive procedures, minimally invasive approaches, and sometimes (but not invariably) the terms ''surgery'' and ''surgical'' are understood to refer only to the open types, with the minimally invasive types then being referred to as interventional radiology, interventional procedures. The minimally invasive approach is through the lumen (anatomy), lumen of a blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commissurotomy
A commissurotomy () is a surgical incision of a commissure in the body, as one made in the heart at the edges of the commissure formed by cardiac valves, or one made in the brain to treat certain psychiatric disorders. Patients with scleroderma, a disease that thickens and hardens the skin, sometimes require oral commissurotomy to open the corners of the mouth, the commissures, to allow dental treatment. This procedure often leaves characteristic scars. __TOC__ In cardiac valves Commissurotomy of cardiac valves is called valvulotomy, and consists of making one or more incisions at the edges of the commissure formed between two or three valves, in order to relieve constriction such as occurs in valvular stenosis, especially mitral valve stenosis. In neurosurgery In neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |