Cryothalamectomy
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection
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content: Medical Sciences Film Collection / Series 1: Technical Films
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content: 1 Film reel (color, composite optical soundtrack, print, 16mm; 540 feet; duration: 15 minutes)
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content: 1963
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content: Reel OF 222.6
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Credits: medical photographers: Rose Marie Spitaleri and George Tanis; medical art: Mary Lorence; Irving S. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurologic Surgery, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York. 

Summary:  [Definition: Cryothalamectomy: destruction of a portion of the thalmus by application of extreme cold] Case One: A woman with Parkinson's Disease She is conscious throughout the procedure of introducing a canula (tube) into the brain. The surgeon observes her tremors, rigidity and motor, sensory, and intellectual functioning throughout surgery and tailors the size of the lesion (frozen area) to her indivdualized needs.  In one year follow-up exam she is free of rigidity tremors and able to be employed full time. Case Two: A teenaged female with dystonia. She requires constant help with living and is unable to attend school.  She undergoes two procedures and at one-year follow-up shows remarkable improvement.