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Bilateral cingulotomy

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Bilateral cingulotomy is a form of psychosurgery, introduced in 1948 as an alternative to lobotomy. [1]

15 relations: Cancer pain, Cingulum (brain), Eldon Leroy Foltz, Frontal lobe, History of psychosurgery, Interventional pain management, Leonard Ross, List of -otomies, List of surgeries by type, List of surgical procedures, Lobotomy, Pain asymbolia, Psychosurgery, Source-monitoring error, Treatment of mental disorders.

Cancer pain

Pain in cancer may arise from a tumor compressing or infiltrating nearby body parts; from treatments and diagnostic procedures; or from skin, nerve and other changes caused by a hormone imbalance or immune response.

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Cingulum (brain)

In neuroanatomy, the cingulum is a collection of white matter, fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.

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Eldon Leroy Foltz

Eldon Leroy Foltz (March 28, 1919 - August 10, 2013) was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, Eldon L. Foltz grew up in East Lansing, Michigan.

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Frontal lobe

The frontal lobe, located at the front of the brain, is the largest of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the mammalian brain.

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History of psychosurgery

Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder or functional neurosurgery, is surgery in which brain tissue is destroyed with the aim of alleviating the symptoms of mental disorder.

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Interventional pain management

Interventional pain management or interventional pain medicine is a medical subspecialty which treats pain with invasive interventions such as facet joint injections, nerve blocks (interrupting the flow of pain signals along specific nervous system pathways), neuroaugmentation (including spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation), vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, nucleoplasty, endoscopic discectomy and implantable drug delivery systems.

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Leonard Ross

Leonard Ross, "Lenny", (1945–1985) was an American teacher, lawyer, and government official who was famous for his celebrity as a child-prodigy and television game show contestant.

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List of -otomies

The suffix '-otomy' is derived from the Greek suffix τόμος, -tómos, "meaning cutting, sharp, or separate".

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List of surgeries by type

This is a list of surgeries and surgical procedures by type (including ectomy, stomy, and otomy).

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List of surgical procedures

The names of many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning.

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Lobotomy

Lobotomy, also known as leucotomy, is a neurosurgical and form of psychosurgery. Operation that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal lobe.

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Pain asymbolia

Pain asymbolia, also called pain dissociation, is a condition in which pain is experienced without unpleasantness.

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Psychosurgery

Psychosurgery, also called neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD), is the neurosurgical treatment of mental disorder.

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Source-monitoring error

A source-monitoring error is a type of memory error where the source of a memory is incorrectly attributed to some specific recollected experience.

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Treatment of mental disorders

Mental disorders are classified as a psychological condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the normal psychological and often social functioning of the individual. Individuals diagnosed with certain mental disorders can be unable to function normally in society.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilateral_cingulotomy

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