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  2. Lobotomy - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  3. Frontal lobe - Wikipedia

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    A frontal lobotomy (sometimes called frontal leucotomy) successfully reduced distress but at the cost of often blunting the subject's emotions, volition and personality. The indiscriminate use of this psychosurgical procedure, combined with its severe side effects and a mortality rate of 7.4 to 17 per cent, [17] earned it a bad reputation. The ...

  4. List of -otomies - Wikipedia

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    Lobotomy – Cutting or scraping away most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain. Meatotomy – Form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split; Myotomy – Procedure in which muscle is cut

  5. Orbitoclast - Wikipedia

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    The operation involved placing the pick behind the eye socket of the patient and breaking through the thin layer of bone found there by applying a hammer to the end of the pick and driving the instrument into the frontal lobes. The pick would then be swung medially and laterally to separate the frontal lobes from the thalamus. In 1948, Freeman ...

  6. History of psychosurgery in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The American term lobotomy has never been used by medical writers in the UK to describe a psychosurgical operation on the frontal lobe. The standard Freeman-Watts operation, called a lobotomy in the US, was called a leucotomy in the UK. Freeman later developed a psychosurgical technique in which an instrument is inserted through the eye-socket.

  7. Frontal Lobotomy - Wikipedia

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  8. Frontal lobe injury - Wikipedia

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    Following a frontal lobe injury, an individual's abilities to make good choices and recognize consequences are often impaired. Memory impairment is another common effect associated with frontal lobe injuries, but this effect is less documented and may or may not be the result of flawed testing. [ 3 ]

  9. Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the occipital lobes and the back of the head are posterior but not caudal to the frontal lobes and the face. "Superior" and "inferior" are adjectives from human anatomy, respectively meaning towards to top of the head or the soles of the feet when standing.