Medicine:Mucosectomy

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Short description: Surgical removal of a mucous membrane

Mucotomy is a surgical procedure of excising the mucous membrane from an organ. This is done as part of several gastrointestinal surgeries, such as antireflux mucosectomy for the treatment of Barrett's esophagus,[1] colectomy for treating various intestinal disorders,[2] and per-oral endoscopic myotomy for treatment of achalasia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (8 ed.). Elsevier. 2019. pp. 253–261. 
  2. ↑ Current Surgical Therapy (12 ed.). Elsevier. 2017. pp. 1520–1530. 
  3. ↑ Current Surgical Therapy (12 ed.). Elsevier. 2017. pp. 38–45. 




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