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Descriptor English:   Psychosurgery 
Descriptor Spanish:   Psicocirugía 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Psicocirurgia 
Synonyms English:   Gyrectomies
Gyrectomy
Leucotomies
Leucotomy
Leukotomies
Leukotomy
Lobotomies
Lobotomy
Psychosurgeries
Topectomies
Topectomy  
Tree Number:   E04.525.600
F04.570.630
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with specific lobe /surg (NIM); DF: PSYCHOSURG
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ED education
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods MO mortality
OG organization & administration PX psychology
RH rehabilitation ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
Record Number:   12048 
Unique Identifier:   D011612 

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