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capsulotomy

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cap·su·lot·o·my  (kps-lt-m)
n.
Incision into a capsule, especially that of the crystalline lens of the eye, as to remove cataracts by surgery.


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Treatment of knee contracture in cerebral palsy by hamstring lengthening, posterior capsulotomy, and quadriceps mechanism shortening.
Closed capsulotomy, a technique used to break capsular contracture by squeezing the breast, has also been implicated as a possible cause of breast implant rupture; closed capsulotomy is not recommended by breast implant manufacturers.
NYSE:MDT) today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated Activa(R) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy as a Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) for the treatment of chronic, treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as an alternative to anterior capsulotomy, a form of destructive, irreversible neurosurgery.
 
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