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  • noun Surgical severance of spinal nerve roots to relieve pain or hypertension.

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  • noun The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms.

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  • noun 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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Examples

  • A rhizotomy and baclofen pump program for children with cerebral palsy or other conditions associated with spasticity is available for evaluation, surgery and rehabilitation.

    Neurosurgery 2010

  • When necessary, surgical interventions, such as selective dorsal rhizotomy performed by neurosurgeons and Botulinum toxin injection/motor point block by the physiatrists, can be used to treat problems that result from cerebral palsy.

    Cerebral palsy clinic 2010

  • A SELECTIVE dorsal rhizotomy is a four-hour operation in which a nerve in the base of Leo's spine will be severed.

    Peterborough Today - News Feed 2010

  • Leo's mother Joanne Holland, of Cook Avenue, Hempstead, Peterborough, has now received confirmation that a slot for the operation, called a selective dorsal rhizotomy, has become available on November 16 at the St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri, USA.

    Peterborough Today - News Feed 2010

  • Roland underwent her first procedure for TN, called balloon compression rhizotomy, in

    News-Gazette.com 2010

  • But after a long road to recovery, which included procedures such as a rhizotomy to burn the nerves to get rid of some of the pain, he is back on the field.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • Sacral rhizotomy: a salvage procedure in a patient with autonomic dysreflexia

    Naturejobs - All Jobs J Pannek 2010

  • Roland underwent her first procedure for TN, called balloon compression rhizotomy, in

    News-Gazette.com 2010

  • She contacted the hospital and three weeks later the operation, known as a selective dorsal rhizotomy, was booked.

    unknown title 2009

  • She had a sacroiliac nerve rhizotomy, said Dr. Jack Kabazie, medical and program director for the institute.

    News/local from www.dailyamerican.com 2009

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