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transorbital

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transorbital
performed through the bony socket of the eye.
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Freeman did not invent the transorbital lobotomy, but certainly made it popular.
The ice pick of oblivion: Moniz, Freeman and the development of ... by Getz, Marshall J. / Trames
9,10) Endoscopic sphenoethmoidectomy is a less invasive and less morbid approach to removing lesions of the orbital apex than are traditional surgical approaches such as transcranial and transorbital procedures.
Endoscopic resection of a venous hemangioma of the optic nerve sheath by Kennedy, David W. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
He operated on as many as five patients an hour, and on one memorable day he performed 25 transorbital lobotomies.
'The lobotomist' by Munoz, Rodrigo A. / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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