Capsulotomy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Long-term follow-up of 25 patients

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 914-922

  Rück, Christian ^a,e   Karlsson, Andreas ^a,b   Steele, J Douglas ^c   Edman, Gunnar ^d   Meyerson, Björn A ^a   Ericson, Kaj ^a   Nyman, Håkan ^a   Åsberg, Marie ^a   Svanborg, Pär ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMACAPSULOTOMY; HEATING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOSURGERY; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOCAPSULOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT GAIN; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 48949088454     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.8.914     Document Type: Article

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