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

Preferred term

Psychosurgery  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Gyrectomies
  • Gyrectomy
  • Leukotomies
  • Leukotomy
  • Lobotomies
  • Lobotomy
  • Topectomies
  • Topectomy

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.

In other languages

  • psykokirurgia

    Finnish

  • psychochirurgia
  • psykiatrinen kirurgia
  • Psykokirurgi

    Swedish

  • Gyrektomi
  • Leukotomi
  • Lobotomi
  • Psykiatrisk kirurgi

URI

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

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