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Myotomy vs Myomectomy - What's the difference?

myotomy | myomectomy |

In surgery terms the difference between myotomy and myomectomy

is that myotomy is the surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ while myomectomy is the removal of the uterine myomas.

myotomy

Noun

(myotomies)
  • (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
  • * 1993 , Eugene M. Helveston, Surgical Management of Strabismus: An Atlas of Strabismus Surgery , page 235
  • If a hyperdeviation'' is present in an eye treated with such a myotomy''' of a horizontal rectus, the proximal ' myotomy should begin above to shift the insertion downward and make the horizontal rectus more effective as a depressor.
  • (dated) An anatomical dissection of a body, especially one used for instructional purposes.
  • myomectomy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia myomectomy)
  • (surgery) The removal of the uterine myomas.
  • Synonyms

    * fibroidectomy