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split brain

Known as: Split-Brain, Split Brain Procedure, commissurotomy 
Complete severing of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. In humans it is usually performed to treat medically intractable, multifocal EPILEPSY. EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL… 
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Complications related to percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy.
Recent randomized studies have demonstrated that percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) has similar efficacy… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Atrial septal puncture technique in percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy: mitral valvuloplasty using the Inoue balloon catheter technique.
Transseptal catheterization is a vital component of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy. Therefore, a well-executed… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Long-term results of open radical mitral commissurotomy: ten year follow-up study of 202 patients.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Lateral asymmetries in the recognition of words, familiar faces and unfamiliar faces
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Tactual and auditory vigilance in split-brain man.
Two studies are reported of tactual and auditory vigilance performance in patients with a split-brain or partial commissurotomy… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Functional asymmetry between the cerebral hemispheres of the cat.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Current Results of Operation for Mitral Stenosis: Clinical and Hemodynamic Assessments in 124 Consecutive Patients Treated by Closed Commissurotomy, Open Commissurotomy, or Valve Replacement
Among 124 consecutive patients undergoing operation for pure or predominant mitral stenosis between 1964 and 1969, closed… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Hemodynamic Studies Before and After Instrumental Mitral Commissurotomy: A Reappraisal of the Pathophysiology of Mitral Stenosis and the Efficacy of Mitral Valvotomy
Hemodynamic studies including simultaneous right heart, transseptal left heart, and retrograde left heart catheterizations were… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Open mitral commissurotomy. Experience with 200 consecutive cases.
The authors believe that "open mitral commissurotomy is the treatment of choice for the relief of postrheumatic mitral stenosis… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
An interpretation of the incidence of mural thrombi in the left auricle and appendage with particular reference to mitral commissurotomy.
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