1) Cardiac surgery
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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...
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1. <procedure> Surgical division of any commissure, fibrous band, or ring via surgery or a balloon catheter technique. ... Synonym: midline myelotomy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(kom″ĭ-shәr-ot´ә-me) surgical incision or digital disruption of the components of a commissure to increase the size of the opening. mitral commissurotomy the breaking apart of the adherent leaflets (commissure) of the mitral valve, a formerly common treatment for mi...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kom′i-shūr-ot′ō-mē Definitions: 1. Surgical division of any commissure, fibrous band, or ring via an incision or disruption, balloon inflation. Synonyms: midline myelotomy
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the incision of a band of commissures, esp. of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis. Cf. valvulotomy.
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