Definition of Cystotomy

1. n. The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

Definition of Cystotomy

1. Noun. A surgical operation which consists of making an incision into the urinary bladder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cystotomy

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Medical Definition of Cystotomy

1. A surgical incision into the bladder. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cystotomy

cystorrhoea
cystorrhœa
cystosarcoma
cystoscope
cystoscopes
cystoscopic
cystoscopic urography
cystoscopies
cystoscopy
cystose
cystospasm
cystostomy
cystotome
cystotomes
cystotomies
cystotomy (current term)
cystoureteritis
cystoureterogram
cystoureterography
cystourethritis
cystourethrocele
cystourethrogram
cystourethrography
cystourethroscope
cystourethroscopy
cystous
cystoviridae
cysts
cysts by ultrasound
cystyl-aminopeptidase

Literary usage of Cystotomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"CHAPTER VIII cystotomy THE bladder may be opened above the pubes (suprapubic ... Perineal cystotomy may be used for: (i) Exploration of the bladder. ..."

2. A Text-book of operative surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1904)
"cystotomy IN GENERAL. By cystotomy is meant the incision of the bladder. ... literally) is equivalent to "cystotomy for removal of calculus. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"BELFIELD (Annals of Surgery, 1906, xlv, 101) says that while suprapubic cystotomy admittedly affords the best access for intra- vesical operations, ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"Treatment: Suprapubic cystotomy, dilatation of diverticular opening. ... Treatment: Suprapubic cystotomy. Communication established between bladder and ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1906)
"PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN, The after-treatment of cases of suprapubic cystotomy is a difficult subject and varies, to some extent, with the purpose for which ..."

6. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1889)
"Supra-pubic cystotomy can be most easily and safely performed when the bladder is lifted from the pelvic door and moderately distended against the abdominal ..."

7. A Manual of Modern Surgery: General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1894)
"The same incision is made in the perineal raphe in median cystotomy as for median lithotomy. ... If median cystotomy does not allow access to the tumor, ..."

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