2009
Treatment of Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Ventral CapsularVentral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy: A Pilot Prospective Study
Lopes A, Greenberg B, Norén G, Canteras M, Busatto G, de Mathis M, Taub A, D'Alcante C, Hoexter M, Gouvea F, Cecconi J, Gentil A, Ferrão Y, Fuentes D, de Castro C, Leite C, Salvajoli J, Duran F, Rasmussen S, Miguel E. Treatment of Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Ventral CapsularVentral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy: A Pilot Prospective Study. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 2009, 21: 381-392. PMID: 19996246, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResistant obsessive-compulsive disorderRefractory OCD patientsAdverse effectsPilot prospective studyObsessive-compulsive disorder patientsAdverse eventsProspective studyObsessive-compulsive disorderStereotactic radiosurgeryDepressive symptomsDisorder patientsSide effectsConventional treatmentCapsulotomyTherapeutic promisePatientsOCD patientsTreatmentSurgeryRadiosurgerySymptomsMonths
2008
Gamma ventral capsulotomy for treatment of resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A structural MRI pilot prospective study
Cecconi J, Lopes A, de Souza Duran F, Santos L, Hoexter M, Gentil A, Canteras M, de Castro C, Norén G, Greenberg B, Rauch S, Busatto G, Miguel E. Gamma ventral capsulotomy for treatment of resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A structural MRI pilot prospective study. Neuroscience Letters 2008, 447: 138-142. PMID: 18835422, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.09.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma ventral capsulotomyObsessive-compulsive disorderRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderResistant obsessive-compulsive disorderRefractory OCD patientsYear of radiosurgeryPilot prospective studyVoxel-based morphometry methodRegional structural abnormalitiesGray matter volumeRight inferior frontal gyrusInferior orbitofrontal cortexPostoperative increaseProspective studyInferior frontal gyrusMagnetic resonance imaging dataMatter volumeMRI scansNeurobiological changesStructural abnormalitiesOrbitofrontal cortexCapsulotomyPatientsOCD patientsFrontal gyrus
2005
Citalopram plus reboxetine in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder
Fontenelle L, Mendlowicz M, Miguel E, Versiani M. Citalopram plus reboxetine in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. The World Journal Of Biological Psychiatry 2005, 6: 57-59. PMID: 16097406, DOI: 10.1080/15622970510029740.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderSRI-resistant obsessive compulsive disorderResistant obsessive-compulsive disorderCombination of citalopramFirst-line treatmentAdequate trialReuptake inhibitorsCompulsive disorderPatientsCitalopramDisordersFuture studiesTrials