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Valvotomy vs Valvulotomy - What's the difference?

valvotomy | valvulotomy |

As nouns the difference between valvotomy and valvulotomy

is that valvotomy is (surgery) an incision into a narrowed valve of the heart, in order to restore the proper flow of blood while valvulotomy is a valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart.

valvotomy

English

Noun

(valvotomies)
  • (surgery) An incision into a narrowed valve of the heart, in order to restore the proper flow of blood

    • valvulotomy

    English

    Noun

    (valvulotomies)
  • A valvotomy: an incision to relieve stenosis of a valve, especially in the heart
  • *{{quote-book, year=2008, author=Jeffrey A. Norton et al., title=Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, page=1472, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=SdOzVJNLLcAC&pg=PA1472
    • , passage=A few days after Bailey's success, on June 16, in Boston, Dr. Dwight Harken successfully performed his first valvulotomy for mitral stenosis.}}