A uvulotomy or staphylotomy is any cutting operation performed on the uvula.
[1] The procedure was performed in European medieval medicine.
The Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson bled to death following such an operation.
[2] Uvulotomy is employed in folk medicine in Tigray.
[3] In the 19th century uvulotomy came to be used as a treatment for snoring.