stereotactic cordotomy

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• cordotomy — 1. Any operation on the spinal cord. 2. Division of tracts of the spinal cord, which may be performed percutaneously (stereotactic c.) or after laminectomy (open c.) by various techniques such as incision or radio frequency …   Medical dictionary

• percutaneous cordotomy — cordotomy (def. 2) performed using percutaneous electrodes guided radiographically with stereotactic techniques; approaches used include lateral high cervical, posterior high cervical, and anterior low cervical …   Medical dictionary

• Neurosurgery — Occupation Activity sectors Surgery Description Education required Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Med …   Wikipedia

• Bilateral cingulotomy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 01.32 Bilateral cingulotomy is a form of psychosurgery, introduced in 1948 as an alternative to lobotomy. Today, it is mainly used in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder …   Wikipedia

• Corpus callosotomy — Callosotomy redirects here. It is not to be confused with Colostomy. Corpus callosotomy (or less frequently, callotomy) is a surgical procedure that disconnects the cerebral hemispheres, resulting in a condition called split brain. Most modern… …   Wikipedia