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Descriptor English: Psychosurgery
Descriptor Spanish: Psicocirugía
Descriptor psicocirugía
Entry term(s) girectomía
leucotomía
lobotomía
topectomía
Scope note: Tratamiento de trastornos psiquiátricos crónicos, severos e intratables, mediante extirpación quirúrgica o interrupción de ciertas áreas o vías en el cerebro, especialmente en los lóbulos prefrontales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Psicocirurgia
Descriptor French: Psychochirurgie
Entry term(s): Gyrectomies
Gyrectomy
Leucotomies
Leucotomy
Leukotomies
Leukotomy
Lobotomies
Lobotomy
Psychosurgeries
Topectomies
Topectomy
Tree number(s): E04.525.600
F04.570.630
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011612
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.
Annotation: coord IM with specific lobe /surg (NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: PSYCHOSURG
DeCS ID: 12048
Unique ID: D011612
NLM Classification: WL 370
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Psychosurgery - Preferred
Concept UI M0018051
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.
Preferred term Psychosurgery
Entry term(s) Psychosurgeries
Lobotomy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0018050
Preferred term Lobotomy
Entry term(s) Lobotomies
Gyrectomy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0018048
Preferred term Gyrectomy
Entry term(s) Gyrectomies
Leukotomy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0018049
Preferred term Leukotomy
Entry term(s) Leucotomies
Leucotomy
Leukotomies
Topectomy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0018052
Preferred term Topectomy
Entry term(s) Topectomies



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