The "lobotomobile" crisscrossed America in the 1960s teaching about lobotomies. This dark period in psychiatric history holds ...

Later, it evolved into the prefrontal and transorbital lobotomy, which involved using an instrument resembling an ice pick to sever the nerves manually. The surgical tool was called a leucotome.

Never one to settle, Freeman developed a faster, simpler version called the transorbital lobotomy. Using a tool resembling an ice pick, he accessed the brain through the eye socket, severing ...

That's all Dully can remember of the transorbital or "ice pick" lobotomy performed on him more than 40 years ago. Many in the medical community consider lobotomies barbaric by today's standards ...

This was the first time surgeons removed a spinal tumor using a "transorbital" approach, according to a UMMC press release. Chordomas are very rare, with only about 300 cases occurring in the U.S ...

This was the first time surgeons removed a spinal tumor using a "transorbital" approach, according to a UMMC press release. Karla Flores was just 19 when she was diagnosed with a chordoma ...