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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)
ICD9	01.41
English	Thalamotomy
Spanish	talamotomia
Parent Concepts	Operation on thalamus (C0176020), Destructive procedure on brain (C0196201), Destructive procedure by organ system (C1285241)
Sources	MTHICD9, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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