A uvulotomy or staphylotomy is any cutting operation performed on the uvula.[1]
The procedure was performed in European medieval medicine. The Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson bled to death following such an operation.[2]
Uvulotomy is employed in folk medicine in Tigray.[3]
In the 19th century uvulotomy came to be used as a treatment for snoring.[4] See uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
Its CPT 2009 code is "42140, Uvulectomy".