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rhizotomy
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rhizotomy /rhi·zot·o·my/ (ri-zot´ah-me) interruption of a cranial or spinal nerve root, such as by chemicals or radio waves.
percutaneous rhizotomy  that performed without brain surgery, such as by means of glycerol or radio waves.

rhi·zot·o·my (r-zt-m)
n.
Surgical severance of spinal nerve roots, as for the relief of pain. Also called radicotomy, radiculectomy.

rhizotomy
[rīzot′əmē]
the surgical resection of the dorsal root of a spinal nerve, performed to relieve pain and sometimes to decrease spasms.

rhizotomy
division or transection of a nerve root, either within the spinal canal or outside it.

rhizotomy
Pain management The surgical disruption of a cranial or spinal nerve root, as a means of limiting pain. See Radiofrequency thermal rhizotomy.


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