Question 1

what is a lobotomy?

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Lobotomy: A lobotomy is a technique where part of the part is removed, mostly common for seizures or tumor. The most common locations are the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.

Question 2

can a lobotomy be reversed?

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No: A lobotomy involves the removal of brain tumor usually in the case of traumatic injury or extensive tumor involvement. Once brain tissue is removed, it can't be replaced. In children with early brain injury, the unaffected normal brain may pick up the function that was in the area that was removed.

Question 3

are lobotomies still given?

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No: Lobotomy fell out of favor in the 1950s.

Question 4

do lobotomies make you demented?

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Not really: Lobotomy is a now obsolete procedure which was designed to make mentally ill people less of a problem.  It did lower their activity and agitation level but caused severe changes in human interaction and damaged some higher mental functions.  But dementia was usually not observed. There are few left who have suffered this procedure.

Question 5

is lobotomy still being done today?

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No: This was proven to be an error and lobotomies have ceased to be done for decades.

Question 6

what is a lobotomy? what is it supposed to do?

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Prefrontal lobotomy: An archaic, discontinued, primitive surgery to treat psychiatric diseases, such a schizophrenia, depression, manic-depressive psychosis.  No longer used due to the severe morbidity outcomes, and gratifyingly replaced by modern medication.

Question 7

do you know are lobotomies still performed today?

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No: The condition had not been shown to actually help the patients and has been abandoned for years.

Question 8

what exactly are the effects that lobotomies have?

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Not performed much: Lobotomies used to be performed for people with psychiatric disorders in which a disconnection of the hemispheres was considered to help them alter their behavior patterns.  Unfortunately people frequently had disconnection disorders and became extremely passive, lacked initiative, vegetative, or many other difficulties.  It frequently removed the personality of the affected person.

Question 9

please explain what happens to people after lobotomy?

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Lobotomy: It depends on what the lobotomy is being done for - if for tumor and localized to one lobe the outcome can be quite tolerable. The frontal lobotomy done for psychiatric issues has not been done in years due to the improvement in medications which have replaced this technique.

Question 10

i'm curious what could happen to people after lobotomy?

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Lobotomy: The outcome depends on the location of the lobotomy. Traditional frontal lobotomies were performed to make angry violent people more docile. Some areas of the brain are silent and there is little neurological damage. Other areas such as the occipital lobe can cause vision loss. Discuss the possible outcome with a neurologist or neurosurgeon.

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