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MeSH Heading: Psychosurgery
Tree Number(s): E04.525.600; F04.570.630
Unique ID: D011612
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011612
Annotation: 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.
Entry Version: PSYCHOSURG
Entry Term(s): Gyrectomy; Leucotomy; Leukotomy; Lobotomy; Topectomy
NLM Classification #: WL 370
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20

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