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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Neurosurgical Procedures > Psychosurgery
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Psychiatric Somatic Therapies > Psychosurgery

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Psychosurgery  

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Note

  • coord IM with specific lobe /surg (NIM)

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011612

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