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meatotomy

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meatotomy [‚mē·ə′täd·ə·mē]
(medicine)
Incision into and enlargement of a meatus.


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UROLOGY: cystoscopy, urethral dilation, vasectomy, spermatocoele, testis biopsy, meatotomy, circumcision J.
Significant urethral meatal stenosis due to balanitis xerotica obliterans is treated with hydrocortisone, but urethral dilation and/or meatotomy may be required.
[19] Immunotherapy is promising because it provides long-term symptomatic relief, but it does not statistically influence middle meatotomy patency, synechiae formation, or recurrence of polyps following FESS.
 
 
 
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