Medial and diagnostic procedures
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| electroencephalography (electricity/brain/process of recording) | recording of electrical activity of the brain
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| electromyography (EMG) (electricity/muscle/ process of recording) | recording of electrical signals that occur in a muscle when it is at rest and during contraction
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| lumbar puncture (LP) | needle puncture of spinal cavity to extract spinal fluid for diagnosis or to introduce anesthetic agents. Also know as spinal tape or spinal puncture
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| nerve conduction velocity (NCV) | test that measures the speed at which impulse travel through a nerve
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| cryosurgery | technique that exposes abnormal tissue to extreme cold to destroy it
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| stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) | precisely focused radiation beam used to treat tumors and other abnormal growths
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| thalamotomy -(thalamus/incision) | partial destruction of thalamus to treat, Parkinson's disease, or retractable pain and emotional disturbances
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| tractotomy | transection of a nerve tract in the brain stem or spinal cord
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| trephination | technique that cuts a circular opening into the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial pressure
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| ventriculoperitoneal shunting | relieves intercranial pressure due to hydrocephalus by diverting(shunting) excess cerebrospinal fluid from ventricles into peritoneal or thoracic cavity.
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| analegesics | pain relief
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| hypnotics | depress CNC functions and induce sleep
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