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neurectomy
Indications:
- chronic pain refractory to medical therapy
- vestibulary neurectomy is used to correct vertigo due to Meniere's disease
Procedure:
- excision of a segment of peripheral nerve
- vestibulary neurectomy severs the vestibular nerve
Specific
neurectomy of cranial nerve
neurectomy, foot
neurectomy, hamstring
neurectomy, popliteal/gastrocnemius
resection of Morton's neuroma
tympanic neurectomy
General
neurosurgery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Wikipedia: Neurectomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurectomy