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Descriptor English: Hypophysectomy, Chemical
Descriptor Spanish: Hipofisectomía Química
Descriptor hipofisectomía química
Scope note: Destrucción total o subtotal de la glándula pituitaria mediante inyección química. Generalmente se realiza mediante inyección de alcohol etílico a través de canulación transesfenoidal bajo control estereotáxico. Usualmente se realiza para el tratamiento de dolor intratable.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipofisectomia Química
Descriptor French: Hypophysectomie chimique
Entry term(s): Chemical Hypophysectomies
Chemical Hypophysectomy
Hypophysectomies, Chemical
Tree number(s): E04.270.532.490
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007017
Scope note: Total or subtotal destruction of the pituitary gland by chemical injection. It is usually achieved by injection of ethyl alcohol via trans-sphenoidal cannulation under stereotaxic control. It is usually performed for the treatment of intractable pain.
Annotation: coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg; usually performed with ethyl alcohol so do not index under ETHANOL unless particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Alcohol, Ethyl (1977-1981)
Hypophysectomy (1977-1981)
Pain, Intractable (1977-1981)
Pituitary Gland/drug effects (1977-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HYPOPHYSECTOMY 1982-90
History Note: 91(82); was see under HYPOPHYSECTOMY 1982-90
Entry Version: HYPOPHYSECTOMY CHEM
DeCS ID: 7196
Unique ID: D007017
NLM Classification: WK 590
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/24
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Hypophysectomy, Chemical - Preferred
Concept UI M0010920
Scope note Total or subtotal destruction of the pituitary gland by chemical injection. It is usually achieved by injection of ethyl alcohol via trans-sphenoidal cannulation under stereotaxic control. It is usually performed for the treatment of intractable pain.
Preferred term Hypophysectomy, Chemical
Entry term(s) Chemical Hypophysectomies
Chemical Hypophysectomy
Hypophysectomies, Chemical



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