What's the difference between pharyngotome and pharyngotomy?
Pharyngotome
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for incising or scarifying the tonsils, etc.
Example Sentences:
Pharyngotomy
Definition:
(n.) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.
(n.) Scarification or incision of the tonsils.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors described the unusual pharyngeal foreign body extracted by the lateral pharyngotomy.
(2) When the accurate diagnosis is established, the treatment of choice should be a lateral pharyngotomy with complete removal of the tumour.
(3) We call this approach a supero-lateral thyrotomy, to differentiate it from the classic lateral pharyngotomy.
(4) Anterior pharyngotomy was used to perform epiglotto-aryepiglottopexy in four patients.
(5) The method of choice is radical surgical intervention including tracheotomy, laryngotomy, transverse and lateral pharyngotomy, ligation of the external carotid artery.
(6) The suprahyoid pharyngotomy is a well-recognized surgical approach to the base of the tongue.
(7) This approach eliminated the need for laryngotomy or pharyngotomy and reduced postoperative care.
(8) Suprahyoid pharyngotomy has been utilized as the standard approach to tongue base cancer not involving the larynx or mandible for the last 6 years at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Mass.
(9) In our case we could extirpate the complete tumour radically via lateral pharyngotomy, protecting the larynx and its function.
(10) The standard surgical approaches to the base of the tongue are described, favouring lateral pharyngotomy.
(11) In cases of stage I, a surgical approach through the suprahyoid pharyngotomy was a worthy procedure to try, because angiofibroma was observed under direct vision and hemostasis was easy.
(12) CO2 laser pharyngotomy is a newly described technique used in treatment bronchopathy without sleep apnea syndrome.
(13) Removal of the tumor was performed by an infrahyoid horizontal pharyngotomy under general anesthesia.
(14) The surgical approach to the hypopharynx by lateral pharyngotomy as described by Trotter has found widespread use in management of supraglottic carcinoma.
(15) He was successfully treated with a lateral pharyngotomy and excision of the hypopharyngeal polyp.
(16) Lateral pharyngotomy offers good exposure for the removal of many laryngeal and hypopharyngeal tumors.
(17) Suprahyoid pharyngotomy is a familiar approach often utilized during laryngectomy.
(18) The suprahyoid pharyngotomy is an ideal surgical approach in the management of T1 or T2 squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue.
(19) Thirty-two patients had limited resections that preserved the larynx, involving local excision (7 patients), anterior pharyngotomy (7 patients), lateral pharyngotomy (6 patients), median labiomandibular glossotomy (6 patients), or median mandibulotomy with paralingual extension (6 patients).
(20) After having mentioned the more commonly employed surgical approaches, emphasis is placed on median pharyngotomy as it permits the best visualization of the region, a careful excision of the mass and a valid control over bleeding.