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.^[4] See uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

Its CPT 2009 code is "42140, Uvulectomy".