A surgical operation to make an incision into the thalamus to treat intractable pain.
An operation on the brain in which a lesion is made in a precise part of the thalamus. It has been used to control psychiatric symptoms of severe anxiety and distress, in which cases the lesion is made in the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus, which connects with the frontal lobe.
Destruction of a portion of the thalamus — used to treat intractable pain or movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.