Influence of stereotactic hypothalamotomy on alcohol and drug addiction.
2 or 3 years follow-up of 13 hypothalamotomy patients with alcohol and drug addiction reveals that the addicted patients regained their self-control, the severe preoperative social deterioration was removed, and the tendency to social stabilisation was clearly in evidence.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*