The Evolution of Modern Ablative Surgery for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive and Major Depression Disorders

The Evolution of Modern Ablative Surgery for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive and Major Depression Disorders

In this review, we describe the evolution of modern ablative surgery for intractable psychiatric disease, from the original image-guided cingulotomy procedure described by Ballantine, to the current bilateral anterior cingulotomy using MRI-guided stereotactic techniques. Extension of the single lesi...

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Main Authors: Martina Laetitia Mustroph, G. Rees Cosgrove, Ziv M. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Subjects:
cingulotomy
subcaudate tractotomy
psychosurgery
OCD
depression
limbic leucotomy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2022.797533/full

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