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Psychosurgery
| Medical 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. |
| Guide Notes: | coord IM with specific lobe /surg (NIM); DF: PSYCHOSURG |
| Also Called: | Leukotomy,Lobotomy,Gyrectomy,Topectomy |
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