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- Dictionarylo·bot·o·my/ləˈbädəmē/
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- 1. a surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness: "there was talk of performing a lobotomy"
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A lobotomy is a surgical procedure to provide relief to people with mental illnesses unresponsive to standard treatment. This method was pioneered during the 1940s and...
A lobotomy (from Greek λοβός (lobos) 'lobe', and τομή (tomē) 'cut, slice') or leucotomy is a discredited form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy, depression) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex.
Apr 28, 2022 · A lobotomy, also called a leucotomy, is a type of psychosurgery that was used to treat mental health conditions such as mood disorders and schizophrenia. Psychosurgeries are procedures that...
May 27, 2024 · Lobotomy, surgical procedure in which the nerve pathways in a lobe or lobes of the brain are severed from those in other areas. The procedure was formerly used as a radical therapeutic measure to help patients with severe mental illness.
May 13, 2024 · Lobotomy is a major brain surgery that requires access to the brain tissue through either a burr hole (a hole that is drilled into the skull) or craniotomy, which is cutting or lifting away part of the skull to obtain access to the brain tissue.
Aug 16, 2022 · A lobotomy is a surgical procedure that doctors developed as a treatment for mental health conditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It involves breaking the connection...
Oct 13, 2021 · Lobotomy, also known as leucotomy, is a neurosurgical operation that involves permanently damaging parts of the brain's prefrontal lobe, according to the American...
