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Response to Sham and Active Gamma Ventral Capsulotomy in Otherwise Intractable Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Fecha
2010Registro en:
STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY, v.88, n.3, p.177-182, 2010
1011-6125
10.1159/000313870
Autor
GOUVEA, F.
LOPES, A.
GREENBERG, B.
CANTERAS, M.
TAUB, A.
MATHIS, M.
MIGUEL, E.
Institución
Resumen
This case regards a 34-year-old woman with severe and refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder, who was enrolled in a double-blind, randomized controlled trial of radiosurgery. She was at first submitted to a sham radiosurgical procedure, and 1 year later to an active intervention. Opposite clinical responses were observed in the follow-up of these different phases. During the sham surgery follow-up, no improvements were observed, but a remarkable amelioration was seen a few months after the active procedure. Detailed descriptions of psychopathological changes and neuroimaging findings as well as a discussion regarding the surgical technique are provided. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel