Atualização sobre o tratamento neurocirúrgico do transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo
Lopes A, de Mathis M, Canteras M, Salvajoli J, Del Porto J, Miguel E. Atualização sobre o tratamento neurocirúrgico do transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2004, 26: 62-66. PMID: 15057843, DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462004000100015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeep brain stimulationObsessive-compulsive disorderBrain stimulationOCD patientsSevere OCD patientsPost-operative improvementSevere psychosocial impairmentSevere psychiatric disordersActinic lesionsLimbic leucotomyMedial pallidotomyAdverse eventsAnterior capsulotomyAnterior cingulotomyTreatment trialsSurgical techniquePsychosocial impairmentSurgical proceduresLow prevalencePsychiatric disordersNeural circuitsStereotactic surgeryComplication issuesPersonality changesPatients