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A uvulotomy or staphylotomy is any cutting operation performed on the uvula.〔Biology Online.〕 The procedure was performed in European medieval medicine. The Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson bled to death following such an operation.〔Finlay 2004, p. 133.〕 Uvulotomy is employed in folk medicine in Tigray.〔Ethnomed.〕 In the 19th century uvulotomy came to be used as a treatment for snoring.〔Oommen 1988, p. 18.〕 See uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. Its CPT 2009 code is "42140, Uvulectomy". ==References== * Finlay, Alison (editor and translator) (2004). ''Fagrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway''. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-13172-8 * Mathew, Oommen P. et al. (1988). ''Respiratory Function of the Upper Airway. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 0-8247-7802-2 * (Uvulotomy ) Biology Online entry * (Tigrean Cultural Profile ) EthnoMed article 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「uvulotomy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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