{"id":99826,"date":"2021-04-19T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=99826"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T11:07:05","slug":"sphincterotomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sphincterotomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphincterotomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A surgical operation to make an incision into a sphincter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Surgical cutting of a sphincter muscle, typically the one that is located at the junction of the intestine with the bile and pancreatic ducts. Endoscopic sphincterotomy (also known as endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy, or ERS) is a useful treatment for certain abnormalities of the bile ducts, pancreas, and gallbladder. ERS developed as an extension of the diagnostic procedure ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). ERCP combines the use of X rays and endoscopy to examine the stomach, duodenum, bile ducts, and pancreas. In endoscopy, a slim, flexible, lighted tube is used to view, photograph, videotape, and take a sample of tissue for study. ERS permits the treatment of problems diagnosed through ERCP. Many times, the term ERCP is also used to refer to the treatments performed in ERS.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The cutting of a sphincter muscle; done, for example, in eye surgery to enlarge the pupil.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-43\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A surgical process that entails the incision of a sphincter muscle responsible for closing a bodily aperture or narrowing the passage between bodily pathways.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A surgical operation to make an incision into a sphincter. Surgical cutting of a sphincter muscle, typically the one that is located at the junction of the intestine with the bile and pancreatic ducts. Endoscopic sphincterotomy (also known as endoscopic retrograde sphincterotomy, or ERS) is a useful treatment for certain abnormalities of the bile ducts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sphincterotomy - Definition of Sphincterotomy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A surgical operation to make an incision into a sphincter.Surgical cutting of a sphincter muscle, typically the one that is located at the junction of the intestine with the bile and pancreatic ducts. 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