Treatment of patients with intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder with anterior capsular stimulation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1104-1108

  Anderson, Douglas ^a   Ahmed, Azam ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Functional neurosurgery; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Psychosurgery; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMPIRICISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037405706     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.5.1104     Document Type: Article

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