- valvotome
- val·vo·tome (valґvo-tōm) a surgical instrument for incising a valve.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
valvotome
Look at other dictionaries:
valvulotome — An instrument for sectioning a valve. * * * val·vu·lo·tome val vyə lō .tōm n a surgical blade designed for valvulotomy or commissurotomy * * * val·vu·lo·tome (valґvu lo tōm″) valvotome … Medical dictionary
transventricular closed valvotomy — correction of pulmonary valvular stenosis by passage of a valvotome through the wall of the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery to open the valve; called also Brock operation … Medical dictionary
