Myotomy is a
surgical procedure in which
muscle
Skeletal muscles (commonly referred to as muscles) are Organ (biology), organs of the vertebrate muscular system and typically are attached by tendons to bones of a skeleton. The muscle cells of skeletal muscles are much longer than in the other ...
is cut.
A common example of a myotomy is the
Heller myotomy.
See also
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List of surgeries by type
References
Surgical procedures and techniques
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