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Thalamotomy

Aka: Thalamotomy

Indications
1. Severe refractory Essential Tremor
2. Severe refractory Parkinson's Disease Tremor
Description
1. Stereotactic ablation of the thalamus
Complications
1. Perioperative thalamic or epidural, subdural bleeding
2. Catastrophic risks
  1. Death
  2. Paralysis
  3. Aphasia
3. Dysphagia
4. Dysarthria

Thalamotomy (C0195894)
Concepts	Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
SnomedCT	90287005, 71722001
Italian	Talamotomia
Japanese	視床破壊, ｼｼｮｳﾊｶｲ
Czech	Talamotomie
Hungarian	Thalamotomia
English	Thalamotomy, Thalamotomy (procedure)
Spanish	talamotomía (procedimiento), talamotomía, Talatomía
Portuguese	Talamotomia
Dutch	thalamotomie
French	Thalamotomie
German	Thaltomie
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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