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Frazier-Spiller operation (medicine)


Frazier-Spiller operation -->
trigeminal rhizotomy
<procedure> Division or section of a sensory root of the fifth cranial nerve, accomplished through a subtemporal (Frazier-Spiller operation), suboccipital (Dandy operation), or transtentorial approach.

Synonym: retrogasserian neurectomy, retrogasserian neurotomy.