Meanings
nounaortotomy (plural aortotomies)
plural aortotomies
- medicineincision into the aorta
The patient did not require replacement of the wrapped portion of the aorta as there were no signs of aortic dissection, and the surgeon did not encounter problems when closing the aortotomy.
2015 August 1, Tomasz Plonek et al., “Biomechanical analysis of wrapping of the moderately dilated ascending aorta”, in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, volume 10, →DOI
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