hymenotomy

Some medical procedures, such as hymenotomy, may require a woman's hymen to be opened.

It is also known as hymenoplasty, although strictly this term would also include hymenotomy.

A hymenotomy is a minor medical procedure involving the surgical removal or opening of the hymen.

Hymenotomy is the surgical perforation of an imperforate hymen.

These include hymenotomy, the removal of a hymen regarded as too thick; James writes that this is practised by the Hausa in West Africa.

The term "vaginoplasty" also is applied to hymenotomy, the creation of an opening in an imperforate hymen, and hymenorrhaphy, the recreation of a ruptured hymen.

In rare cases, a woman's hymen may need to be opened, in a surgical procedure known as hymenotomy, because of an imperforate hymen that prevents the release of menstrual discharge.