Psychosurgery.
The author describes the three commonly practiced surgical methods in the treatment of mental illness, i.e., cingulotomy, anterior capsulotomy, and posteromedial hypothalamotomy.
Laitinen
L V
LV
Emeritus Neurosurgeon, Geta, Aland, Finland. lauril@aland.net
D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000601:surgery*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data