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Surgical procedure
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Medical intervention
Glomectomy
ICD-9-CM39.8
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A glomectomy is an excision of a glomus body or a glomus cell, usually in the case of a glomus tumor. This operation was formerly performed for the treatment of severe, chronic asthma, but has since been abandoned for this purpose due to its lack of efficacy.

References

  1. Overholt, RH (1961). "Glomectomy for Asthma". Chest. 40 (6): 605–10. doi:10.1378/chest.40.6.605. PMID 14482856.
  2. "Glomectomy For Asthma: 'No Benefits'". JAMA. 197 (2): 32. 1966. doi:10.1001/jama.1966.03110020018006.
  3. Segal, MS; Dulfano, MJ (1965). "Glomectomy in the Treatment of Chronic Bronchial Asthma — A Report of Fifteen Unsuccessful Cases". N Engl J Med. 272 (2): 57–63. doi:10.1056/NEJM196501142720201. PMID 14223123.
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