A commissurotomy is a surgical incision made at a commissure, a natural junction in the body, such as the point where cardiac valve leaflets meet, or a corresponding structure in the brain treated for certain psychiatric disorders. Patients with scleroderma, a disease that thickens and hardens the skin, sometimes require an oral commissurotomy to open the corners of the mouth for dental treatment, a procedure that often leaves characteristic scars.
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A commissurotomy () is a surgical incision of a commissure in the body, as one made in the heart at the edges of the commissure formed by cardiac valves, or one made in the brain to treat certain psychiatric disorders.
Treats: Epilepsy, Article text, use for Epilepsy
In neurosurgery, as a treatment for severe epilepsy, the corpus callosum, or the area of the brain that connects the two hemispheres, would be completely bisected.
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