| Literature DB >> 19996246 |
Antonio Carlos Lopes1, Benjamin D Greenberg, Georg Norén, Miguel Montes Canteras, Geraldo F Busatto, Maria Eugênia de Mathis, Anita Taub, Carina Chaubet D'Alcante, Marcelo Queiroz Hoexter, Fernando Sauerbronn Gouvea, Janaína Philippi Cecconi, André F Gentil, Ygor Arzeno Ferrão, Daniel Fuentes, Cláudio Campi de Castro, Cláudia C Leite, João Victor Salvajoli, Fábio L S Duran, Steven Rasmussen, Eurípedes Constantino Miguel.
Abstract
A subgroup of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients remains refractory to conventional treatments. For them, a new stereotactic radiosurgery has been recently developed: the ventral capsular/ventral striatal (VC/VS) gamma capsulotomy. The authors aim to report efficacy and adverse events of VC/VS gamma capsulotomy. Five refractory OCD patients were selected. The authors assessed OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and side effects pre- and postoperatively. Three patients (60%) met response criteria 48 months after surgery. Adverse effects were episodic and transient. Ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy holds therapeutic promise, with few adverse effects.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19996246 DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.381
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0895-0172 Impact factor: 2.198