Definition of Commissurotomy. Meaning of Commissurotomy. Synonyms of Commissurotomy

- A commissurotomy (/ˌkɒməʃərˈɒtəmi/) is a surgical incision of a commissure in the body, as one made in the heart at the edges of the commissure formed...
- procedures: percutaneous transluminal angioplasty percutaneous transluminal commissurotomy Foramen, any anatomical opening Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed...
- stiffened or even fused, valvular stenosis results, sometimes requiring commissurotomy. The term may also refer to the junction of the upper and lower lips...
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 2002, first transcatheter mitral commissurotomy in 1995, and first balloon aortic valvuloplasty in 1986. Alain Cribier...
- inner speech in 2001 suggested an alternative for interpretation of commissurotomy according to which split-brain patients exhibit two uneven streams of...
- Tetralogy of Fallot. Then, again the first in Italy, he performs a mitral commissurotomy according to the Blalock technique and he begins to use cardiopulmonary...
- impairs alimentation and may require repeated oral surgeries (called commissurotomy) to improve function.[citation needed] Microstomia can occur as a result...
- Ureterosigmoidostomy Fistulotomy · Laparotomy · Myringotomy · Sphincterotomy · Commissurotomy Abdominal surgery · Inguinal hernia surgery · Biopsy · Brostrom procedure ·...
- anomia, and is relatively rare.[citation needed] Other examples include commissurotomy, the surgical cutting of cerebral commissures to treat epilepsy and...
- seizures.[citation needed] A similar type of procedure, known as a commissurotomy, involves severing a number of interhemispheric tracts (such as the...