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neurectomy
neurectomy Surg. (njʊˈrɛktəmɪ) [f. neur- + Gr. ἐκτοµή: see -tomy.] The operation of excising a nerve or a portion of a nerve.1856 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1880 Flint Princ. & Pract. Med. 799 Carnochan was the first to perform neurectomy beyond the spheno-palatine ganglion for the relief of persistent ne...
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Neurectomy
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Presacral neurectomy
A presacral neurectomy is typically conducted to decrease severe pain and menstrual cramps in the lower abdomen. A neurectomy is not a mutually exclusive option to a decompression as a neurectomy can also be used after a failed decompression.
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Presacral neurectomy
Presacral neurectomy is one of the treatments for chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea. Presacral neurectomy denervates the uterus and causes loss of some bladder sensation.
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neurectomic
neurecˈtomic, a. [f. next. + -ic.] ‘Of or belonging to neurectomy’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1856).
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neurectome
ˈneurectome Surg. [cf. neurectomy and hysterotome.] ‘A narrow-bladed instrument used to divide and excise a portion of nerve’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1892).
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Neurotomy
"Neurotomy" is sometimes used as a synonym for neurectomy, the surgical cutting or removal of nervous tissue.
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Neurosurgery
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NCK1
Nck1 expression increased twofold when involved with neurectomy-based unloading osteoporosis.
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Navicular syndrome
Surgery
Palmar digital neurectomy (or "nerving" or "denerving") is not without adverse side effects and should therefore be used as a last resort. Neurectomy tends to lower the market value of a horse, and may even make the horse ineligible for competition. Neurectomy is controversial.
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Post herniorraphy pain syndrome
Triple neurectomy and/or mesh removal
If operative repair is chosen, mesh excision +/- triple neurectomy may be considered with small studies suggesting If there is no improvement then a staged procedure to remove mesh and neurectomy may be considered.
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Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome
Terminal branches of an intercostal nerve are removed at the level of the anterior sheath of the rectus abdominal muscle ('anterior neurectomy'). This involves a repeated exploration combined with a posterior neurectomy. This procedure has been shown to be beneficial in 50% of cases.
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Sidebone
In some cases the only useful treatment is a neurectomy of the palmar digital nerves.
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Nerve block
Because neurectomy of a sensory nerve is often followed, months later, by the emergence of new, more intense pain, sensory nerve neurectomy is rarely performed Neurectomy
Neurectomy is a surgical procedure in which a nerve or section of a nerve is severed or removed.
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Superior hypogastric plexus
Clinical significance
Presacral neurectomy is a laparoscopic procedure where superior hypogastric plexus is excised, so that the pain pathway is cut off
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Auriculotemporal nerve
Treatment involves the application of an antiperspirant or glycopyrrolate to the cheek, Jacobsen's neurectomy along the middle ear promontory, and lifting
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Posterior ethmoidal nerve
Headshaking can sometimes be treated with analgesia or neurectomy of the posterior ethmoidal nerve.
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