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Psychosurgery
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Definition
: Treatment of chronic, severe and intractable psychiatric disorders by surgical removal or interruption of certain areas or pathways in the brain, especially in the prefrontal lobes.
coord IM with specific lobe /surg (NIM); DF: PSYCHOSURG
Other names
Topectomy; Lobotomy; Leukotomy; Leucotomy; Gyrectomy; Topectomies; Psychosurgeries; Lobotomies; Leukotomies; Leucotomies; Gyrectomies