myectomy /my·ec·to·my/ (mi-ek´tah-me) excision of a muscle.
myectomy,
myectomy/myotomy,
myectomy [mi-ek´to-me]
my·ec·to·my (m - k t -m )n. Excision of a portion of muscle. |
myectomy,
excision of part of a muscle.
myectomy/myotomy,
a surgical method of treating total or near-total intestinal aganglionosis. It combines circular excision of seromuscular tissue from a short segment of bowel and a longitudinal myotomy with creation of a stoma, resulting in a short length of functional intestine that will support increasing amounts of enteral nutrition. Also called myectomyotomy.
myectomy [mi-ek´to-me]
surgical excision of a muscle.
myectomy
excision of a muscle or a portion of a muscle.
caudal myectomy
see nicking (2). Instead of severing the ventral sacrococcygeal muscle, a portion is removed.
pectineal myectomy
see pectinotomy.
myectomy
The excision of a portion of a muscle. It is done to decrease the effective action of an extraocular muscle in the correction of strabismus. See myotomy; strabismus surgery.
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