Hoarding symptoms and prediction of poor response to limbic system surgery for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Gentil AF, Lopes AC, Dougherty DD, Rück C, Mataix-Cols D, Lukacs TL, Canteras MM, Eskandar EN, Larsson KJ, Hoexter MQ, Batistuzzo MC, Greenberg BD, Miguel EC. Hoarding symptoms and prediction of poor response to limbic system surgery for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2014, 121: 123-30. PMID: 24702323, DOI: 10.3171/2014.2.jns131423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLimbic system surgeryClinical outcomesWorse responseMean Y-BOCS scoreTreatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorderSymptom dimensionsPreoperative symptom severityWorse clinical outcomesTreatment-refractory patientsYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive ScaleY-BOCS scoresSymptom Checklist scoresHoarding dimensionObsessive Compulsive ScaleSurgery needObsessive-compulsive disorderSurgical modalitiesAblative surgeryPoor responseWorse outcomesTreatment outcomesDimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive ScaleYBOCS scoresPatientsSurgery