surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms
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rhizotomy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process |
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Park reports having performed selective dorsal rhizotomy on more than 2,200 patients.
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She then Googled selective dorsal rhizotomy.
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Selective dorsal rhizotomy is not new.
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Many of the patients also have short tendons that need to be released with surgery, which is done a week or two after the rhizotomy.
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Louis Children's Hospital, where neurosurgeon T.S. Park performed selective dorsal rhizotomy on her 6-year-old twins two weeks ago.
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The years 2008 and 2009 saw a slight increase in the number of international patients undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy at St.
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- Surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms
- A rhizotomy is a neurosurgical procedure that selectively severs problematic nerve roots in the spinal cord, most often to relieve the symptoms of neuromuscular conditions such as spastic diplegia and other forms of spastic cerebral palsy . ...
- (rhizotomist) A person who collects roots and herbs to make medicine
- The cutting, or interruption, of spinal nerve roots.
- Surgical transection of a nerve root.
- Division or severance of a nerve root; used to reduce severe spasticity.
- A surgical procedure to cut or damage a nerve root so as to interfere with the transmission of pain signals to the brain.
- Cutting or destroying portions of nerve roots for the relief of pain.
- Surgical incision of nerve root(s) within the spinal canal.
