The surgical severing of nerve tracts especially in the medulla of the brain, typically to relieve intractable pain or mental illness, or in research.
神经束切断术
surgical tractotomy on the human spinal cord
count nouna tractotomy was performed
Example sentencesExamples
Subcaudate tractotomy was developed and is primarily used in the United Kingdom.
They noted that facial pain and itch sensations are both abolished by trigeminal medullary tractotomy.
It seems that the complications associated with pulmonary tractotomies are considerably high, but the mortality of anatomic resections is prohibitive.
A study of cognitive function in 23 patients undergoing subcaudate tractotomy found significant impairment of cognitive function 2 weeks post-op which had largely resolved after six months.
Stereotactic mesencephalic tractotomy constitutes a widely accepted procedure in treating unilateral head and neck cancer pain.
Definition of tractotomy in US English:
tractotomy
nounˌtrakˈtädəmē
The surgical severing of nerve tracts especially in the medulla of the brain, typically to relieve intractable pain or mental illness, or in research.
神经束切断术
surgical tractotomy on the human spinal cord
count nouna tractotomy was performed
Example sentencesExamples
Subcaudate tractotomy was developed and is primarily used in the United Kingdom.
Stereotactic mesencephalic tractotomy constitutes a widely accepted procedure in treating unilateral head and neck cancer pain.
They noted that facial pain and itch sensations are both abolished by trigeminal medullary tractotomy.
It seems that the complications associated with pulmonary tractotomies are considerably high, but the mortality of anatomic resections is prohibitive.
A study of cognitive function in 23 patients undergoing subcaudate tractotomy found significant impairment of cognitive function 2 weeks post-op which had largely resolved after six months.